I actually found film in my old camera that i havnt touched in atleas 4 years, a
nd i developed the film, the pictures where fine, no dicoloration no nothing, th
ey were of my uncles wedding from 3yrs ago, the camera was in a sock draw so roo
m temperature.  I used to work in rite aid, and half the film there was expired,
 and 90% of the customers dont even know that film has an expiration date, very
few of them complained.



On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:04:09 -0500 Wagner Lipnharski <wagnerl@EARTHLINK.NET> wro
te:
>Tony Nixon wrote:
>> Don't know about the film time limit. I've had film in cameras for ages
>> and still been able to use it.
>> I guess it would last as long as the project/camera batteries, or a
>> piece of rope??
>
>Once a girl who worked for ages at one large distributor for photo lab
>supplies, told me to store used and virgin films inside a refrigerator
>to extend validity. She told me that an expired film can be used one
>year later the expiration date, if the film was kept inside a fridge all
>the time since you bought it. They have bunches of films and supplies
>for sale inside one of those supermarket fridges. The expired films were
>for sale for 1/3 of the price, and worked pretty well, I used it a lot.
>According to her, high speed films are very sensible to heat and
>infra-red can flat some chemicals. If this is good for ASA400 and 1000,
>it should also be good for ASA100 and ASA200.  It could be the reason
>why letting your camera inside your car's glove's compartment for months
>can turn all pictures with those nasty red coloration, huh?
>

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