In a sentence: Occasionally gorgeous, frequently surprising. Shooting 25 year expired slide film obviously has its challenges, but a little troubleshooting and a lot of flexibility go a long way towards making it rewarding anyways.
After getting the amazing results above, I thought this was locked in for metering at ISO 50 and keeping shutter speeds slower than 1/60. Processed using (fairly old) Tetenal E6 kit.
This roll wasn’t so great – very low saturation strips with a yellowish cast. I chalked it up to the new developing kit (Cinestill Cs6) and running the wash too warm, so the next roll I kept a closer eye on the temperature and got these…
Okay, now it’s all blue. Findings are unclear, but I have a few ideas:
- Shoot with the slowest possible shutter speed.
- The Tetenal E6 kit really nailed it (but looks like it’s gone forever), even well after it should have been useless for developing. The Cinestill kit has a much faster development time, but if you’re not getting gorgeous slides, what’s the point of shooting Ektachrome?
- After shooting, some of these rolls may have lived in a hot car for a bit too long. Probably not great for it.
I’ve sold off the remainder of this filmstock, so what’s done is done and we may never know again. I’m bulk loading some Ektachrome 100 and putting that in the testing queue; fingers are crossed it looks as good as the last batch I shot.
Notes from Monomoy 