Re: Shelf life of Kodachrome 64

[P3D Mark Josephson <icebox@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, P3D  Peter Davis wrote:

> Can anyone tell me the shelf life of unexposed Kodachrome 64?  I'd
> like to order a bunch of rolls and mailers from B&H, but I don't want
> to get so much that it expires waiting to be used.  I typically only
> go through about a roll a month.
> 
When I first got my Kodak stereo almost four years ago I used to go to
NYC often, and I would buy 10 or more rolls of K64 at a time.  Well, the
last time I did this was in late 1994 or early 1995, shortly after I
began law school (big mistake to think that I'd ever have time to shoot
much).  Anyway, the expirations on these were 2/96, and I still have one
left.   I have shot two of those rolls this year, the last in June.
results looked OK to me, but YMMV.

I might add that the storage conditions for these rolls was film hell: a
non-air conditioned closet, subject to wild temp & humidity extremes all
year (winter excepted).

I'll admit though, I've bought other rolls for mission critical stuff this
year because of worries over whether the old film would still be any good.


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