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vatter69

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Morning view with first signs of autumn approaching

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Matsamoto

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Oct 31, 2018
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I have a question to this thread.
My wife found a film roll (Konica Minolta Centuria Super 24 images) at her parents home.
Its been laying there for at least 20 years in a drawer and not been developed.

So my question is if there are destroyed or are there any chance that the pictures are ok?
 

squawk7000

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I have a question to this thread.
My wife found a film roll (Konica Minolta Centuria Super 24 images) at her parents home.
Its been laying there for at least 20 years in a drawer and not been developed.

So my question is if there are destroyed or are there any chance that the pictures are ok?
probably better asked on the 'can we talk about film thread'.

20 years should be ok, I've heard stories of films left for 2 or 3 times that. I would get it processed. There's nothing to lose.
 

mollyc

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I have a question to this thread.
My wife found a film roll (Konica Minolta Centuria Super 24 images) at her parents home.
Its been laying there for at least 20 years in a drawer and not been developed.

So my question is if there are destroyed or are there any chance that the pictures are ok?

probably better asked on the 'can we talk about film thread'.

20 years should be ok, I've heard stories of films left for 2 or 3 times that. I would get it processed. There's nothing to lose.
You should get some useable images. I did find a roll of film a couple of years ago that was roughly 20 years old; I think it was actually in the camera. I took it to be developed. One of the color channels didn't develop properly, so the images sort of look like duotones, but the subjects are clearly discernible. I agree that you should send it off. If you think there is any chance that the images are really important, there are services where you can send it that have some methods of ensuring the best development - I just saw some images on a reddit thread that had been developed from roughly 100 year old film. But if they are just household snapshots, I'd send it to a regular lab.

If you have more questions, come post on the thread that squawk mentioned.
 

Matsamoto

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Oct 31, 2018
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Halmstad, Sweden
probably better asked on the 'can we talk about film thread'.

If you have more questions, come post on the thread that squawk mentioned.
Thanks to both of you.
I didn’t know there was a thread about this so now I know😊

We will definitely send it in to see what it is. We have no clue what the pictures are, so we are up to a little surprise.
 
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