A selection of photos taken around Victoria Quays and the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal. I thought I’d drop in a bunch of them all at once as I’m getting a bit of a backlog of photos – I’ve currently got two rolls waiting to be uploaded, plus another three rolls that haven’t even been scanned yet.
Olympus OM-2n, Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8 / Zuiko Auto-T 135mm f/3.5 & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Grain2Pixel conversion.
Taken on 17 September 2020
Steel City Snapper photography 
The first frame of the Planet is my favorite. How much expired film that old do you have, to use up? Do you feel very nervous when you’re shooting with expired film, that they might not turn out somehow because of the age of the film? Jim Grey (I think we’re mutual contacts but apologies if that’s an undue assumption ) I saw just shared some pictures that he had shot on expired film.
Do photography stores make a practice of selling expired film, such as at discounted rates?
Sorry to be such a mr. Question Guy.
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Questions are fine. 🙂
I’ve still got around ten rolls of the Superia 100 I’ve used for years shots in this post. I bought twenty rolls of it a couple of years back from someone who had kept it well stored. I’ve also got at least twenty rolls of other assorted expired film – some of which I have a good idea how it will turn out, and some of it which is a bit of a crap shoot until I shoot it. Sometimes the mystery can be fun though – weird colour shifts can create some interesting looks if you’re happy to experiment.
I’d never use expired film for anything important, such as a special event or unrepeatable trip – at least not unless I have enough of it to test some first (as with the Superia). Quite often, if its been kept well – especially if it was refrigerated or frozen – its absolutely fine. I’ve shot some black and white film from the mid-90s that looked gorgeous.
Stores don’t tend to sell it except maybe for the odd roll that’s just slipped into expiry, but that stuff will be as good as new anyway. Most of the older stuff comes from people who still have it left from the days when they used film cameras or stores that sold all their stock in one go to people who are now re-sellung it. eBay is probably the biggest market for it, but it can go for silly prices depending on what film it is, especially for stuff that is no longer in production at all.
Hope this answers your questions 🙂
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I really appreciate the explanation, thanks.
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Exceptional.
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Thanks P.
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