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budrichard · 04.01.2009, 14:13

Frozen B&W unexposed film will keep forever and exposed, one could raise an image after many many years. They are still looking for Irvine's camera on Everest to see if there is an image of the top! Color film unexposed certainly could go for 10 +years and exposed who knows what the image would be like?
Have you ever shot X-Tra 1600 before? I would expect the grain to be huge and not be affected by the storage or the lab.
You really need to do a comparison with fresh film at the same lab. My guess is there will be no difference.-Dick

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budrichard Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 20.07.2006 Posts: 353	Re: How long does film keep? Frozen B&W unexposed film will keep forever and exposed, one could raise an image after many many years. They are still looking for Irvine's camera on Everest to see if there is an image of the top! Color film unexposed certainly could go for 10 +years and exposed who knows what the image would be like? Have you ever shot X-Tra 1600 before? I would expect the grain to be huge and not be affected by the storage or the lab. You really need to do a comparison with fresh film at the same lab. My guess is there will be no difference.-Dick