Yes. It can sit on a shelf for about a year before it'll expire. However, you can stick the film in a freezer to extend its lifespan.
All 35mm. film should have an expiry date on the box. For color film it is a pretty good guide as color will shift on expired film. Black and white will last longer than it's expiry date by a year or so.Refrigeration will make a difference but not much.Store you new film in the refrigerator.We always did in the studio.
Some photographers use expired film to achieve certain effects. When film is aged, it can result in unpredictable color, saturation, and contrast shifts, Often giving photos a vintage look. I've shot with film that was five years expired. The shots came out desaturated(color not as vivid) but others wise developed well.
Bottom line, don't use expired film for weddings, or other important photographs, unless your willing to take the risk.
Addendum by InunoTaisho:
I spent 18 years as a photo technician and saw just about everything happen to film that you could think of during that time. Here's how it works, as I understand it:
Once you expose film to light, a chemical reaction is started. That reaction will not fully stop until you process it in the proper chemical baths. This means that unexposed film has a longer shelf/refridgeration life than film that has been used in a camera and exposed.
If you expose film but don't process it right away, it will very gradually degrade in quality until the entire frame of each image is nothing but grey in color with no discernable image at all. How long that takes varies by how the film is stored, and in some rare cases, very old film (five+ years) will still process okay with reasonable images. Typically, those will at least be very grainy and unsatisfying.
Nearly all labs store their unexposed film in very cool dry location like a special refridgerator made for the purpose. This can and does extend the useful life of the film. However, if you choose to keep film in your home refridgerator for any reason, use a sealable (zip) plastic bag and keep them in the dark if you can. Just don't forget they are there!!
The very worst thing you could do would be to expose your film and toss it in a drawer or in the bottom of a purse. It's most likely to be forgotten there and you don't want to trust precious baby pictures, vacation pictures, or wedding pictures to such locations. Process those event pix right away, and use a good lab to do the work.
Yes, Expired film is still processable. I just took pictures with an expired 35mm disposable camera that expired in 2002... and the pictures came out! The colors were not as vibrant as they would have been with new film, but not so bad for 7 year old film. If I wasn't comparing the pictures with a new roll of film, you wouldn't notice the difference.
Seattle Filmworks is now American Greetings Photoworks. They say they can't develop any of the Seattle Filmworks films, and they recommend Dale Laboratories for this.
35MM cameras were the most popular type of camera before digital cameras came into popularity. The definition of a 35MM camera is one which uses film which measures 35MM.
An action Sampler camera is composed of multiple lenses, but only one picture needs to be shot. They use regular 35mm film (400 speed is best). Once the film is loaded into the camera and it is advanced to 1, a picture can be taken. It will take all four shots over the duration of a second. Moving (or shaking, or throwing...) the camera will give different effects to the photo. As it is just 35mm film, it can be developed anywhere that develops pictures. All four pictures will show up in a 2x2 array on one photograph.
Daylight film is 5200K, tungsten film is 3200k. ************** K stands for Kelvin, a type of temperature scale
A standard 35mm film can typically take 24 to 36 pictures, depending on the length of the film roll.
No, Costco stopped developing 35mm film in 2015.
A standard 35mm roll of film can typically hold 24 to 36 pictures, depending on the specific film and camera used.
Maximum of 36 shots for a 35mm film.
To develop 35mm film into a digital format, you will need to first scan the film using a film scanner or a professional scanning service. Once the film is scanned, you can then transfer the digital files to a computer for editing and storage.
I don't use color film, but I develop the black and white myself.
Yes, Expired film is still processable. I just took pictures with an expired 35mm disposable camera that expired in 2002... and the pictures came out! The colors were not as vibrant as they would have been with new film, but not so bad for 7 year old film. If I wasn't comparing the pictures with a new roll of film, you wouldn't notice the difference.
They haven't.
Depends on the film size. The standard sizes are 24 and 36 pictures for 35mm film, or between 8 and 12 pictures for 120 format film, depending on the particular camera. The ISO is a light sensitivity rating, and does not affect the number of pictures on the film.
With respect to "still" photography (i.e. not movies) the answer is no part.I derives the moniker from the fact that roll film first used in what we know of as the 35mm format was intended for movies, which as far as I know, produced an image where one side was 35mm in length. The 35mm name stuck even though the image produced by the still camera is 24mm x 36mm.
No. People will still need the service.
Because the film is 35mm wide.