provia 100f expired
The tiny fishing hamlet of Penberth Cove lies at the foot of a wooded valley just to the east of Porthcurno. Fishing still remains part of Penberth but only to a few local families nows that still fish this cove and its Atlantic waters.
I spent a few hours one early spring morning capturing all that I saw. All images are shot on film. None of those pixels or photoshop here. Just real images
Camera’s: Asahi Pentax 6x7, Hasselblad 500 CM
Films: Kodak Ektar & Kodak Portra 160
Ive been shooting expired Provia 100f for some years now with some great results overall if Im honest. The “expired” element of shooting film interested me simply because I wanted to see what type of results Id get.
You’ll read a load of articles on line regarding expired film stock staying the rule of thumb is to do this and that with it, over expose, pull or push it. I just shoot it out of the box and see what I get generally. I reckon 95% of what Ive shot in past has turned out well. Is that down to luck? Maybe so, or is it the fact that Provia if stored well is just a really robust film.
The Colour
Now, I like Provia for several reasons. The first one being is its a slide film. i love slide. That moment you get your negatives back and then hold them up to the light and the colour bursts through, its magical. Secondly,
I love the rich tones Provia brings. The purple and greens have such a vivid texture to them and the overall colour palette to really appealing. Is the any colour shift? I haven’t noticed any but I am the worlds worst technical photographer so I wouldn’t see it. I just see lovely colours.
Examples
Enclosed within this post are a series of images shot on a roll of Provia 100f which expired back in 2000. I had no history on its storage other than what the seller told me. Let’s be honest here. Was it cold stored for 20 years, I think not. So, my opinion is that Provia is just a really solid and robust film stock and seems to store well. See what you think of the results anyway.
Please note: Other views and opinions are available but these are mine