Towering Trees
This is another shot of the trees next to the Anglican cathedral in Victoria, previously seen in Cathedral Blues.
This was made on the roll of black and white film that came in one of the camera backs and expired sometime.
The unopened Ektachrome that came with the camera expired in 1991, so that might be indicative.
But for a variety of reasons I think it is probably only about 10 years old.
However old, it works just fine.
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Mamiya M645 Super, 80mm/f2.8 lens, ISO400, Ilford HP5+
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burnt embers 
The dyes used in color films had a tendency to shift over time if the film wasn’t stored correctly. Some black and white films had a problem with sensitivity loss over time when not stored properly, too. To complicated this even more, emulsion batches could react differently over time. Knowing all this, film manufacturers calculated what they considered to be reasonably safe expatriation dates. They were long enough so the film was able to get sold and not returned for expiration. Some folks would never think of using expired film, especially pros whose living depended on the film. There was one camera store I remember sold some rolls of expired film, others refused to and returned them to the manufacturer. I shot my share of expired film but I can’t ever remember having any problems.
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Hi Ken. The film I have problems with is expired more than 10 years usually. I found a partially 1970’s roll of Verichrome Pan in a camera of my mothers and the exposed shots were perfect, though the recent ones I shot did not work out too well. I have a roll of Kodacolor-X (620) waiting to be shot, it is from the 70s as well. I don’t think processing is available for it (locally anyway, there is a place in Colorado that might be able to do it), other than in black and white, which is probably how I will shoot it. It is fun to roll the dice and see what comes out. I feel that if the exposure is OK and the colours are shot, then at least I can convert to black and white. If I was making my living with photography, I would want fresh film for added certainty – there is enough uncertainty as it is.
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Excellent b&w, nothing wrong with that film. The photo shows power; I like how the trees stand out against that massive Gothic contraption.
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Hi Joseph – the film survived incarceration in the camera very well. It was a slightly odd picture to shoot in black and white, normally it would be colour I think. But b&w was what I had, and the light was very nice so I figured it would work.
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