Develop promptly

[P3D Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George started a thread about poor colours and grain on
pictures that were taken a long time before developing.

Here's my latest results:

  I started a roll of Kodak Elite (50 speed) in May or
early June in my SLR. I bought it as a test roll since
it was marked down due to being short dated (July 96
expiry, I think.) I took some slidebar stereos right
away then didn't finish the roll until last week. The
results differed from George's.

  I didn't see any difference in grain or colour saturation
in the images taken in May and those taken at the start
of October. The first and last images are all fine as far
as grain and colour in my opinion. They weren't of the same
objects so this is not exactly a side by side comparison.

  So the problem with latent image stability may vary with
different films and film manufacturers, and of course is made
worse at high storage temperatures. My SLR was just stored
in my office at home which had normal summer temperature
variations(though we do have AC so the temp never went above,
say, 28 degrees Celcius).

  If possible you should develop promptly, but it is not
a guaranteed disaster if you don't. Anything really critical
(your new baby, UFO shots etc) should best be developed
right away.

One more data point - Greg



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