Contributions of the group Expired Film

Nature Fights Back

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:53:29 +0000

Nature fights back to reclaim the land amidst an urban jungle.

Camera: Zenit DF-300x
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5 (shot @ 40mm)
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (expired on 06/01)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/500 of a second
Date: March 19th, 2025, 4.21 p.m.
Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 1 minute
Developer: Adox Rodinal 1:25 for 8 minutes (500ml of water, 4 tsps. of Rodinal)
Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean)
Ilford Ilfostop Stop Bath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix Fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Zenit DF-300x HP5 Plus 2025 29ef

Wallpaper Store

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:03:47 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

This used to be a wallpaper store. The roof has caved in, but at least the walls are still standing. I bought an old camera and this film, along with four other rolls, were part of the package. I don't think the film was stored correctly because it turned out real grainy.

Camera: Zenit DF-300x
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5 (shot @ 70mm)
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (expired on 06/01)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/125 of a sec.
Date: February 27th, 2025, 3.30 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 1 minute
Developer: Adox Rodinal 1:25 for 8 minutes (500ml of water, 4 tsps. of Rodinal)
Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean)
Ilford Ilfostop Stop Bath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix Fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Zenit DF-300x HP5 Plus 2025 03ff

Arizona

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:16:52 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

This is a metal souvenir ashtray depicting Arizona. It belonged to my late Mother, and since we lived in Arizona for about 10 years, she collected things from there that had a Western theme.

This was a test shot for my newly-acquired Minolta XG-A.

Camera: Minolta XG-A
Lens: Minolta MD 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 6 seconds
Date: November 15th, 2025, 3.37 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Minolta XG-A Fuji Acros 100 Test One 2025 17gf

Small House

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 04:35:06 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

A tiny house in the midst of some farm equipment and cows. A wonder what it was used for?

Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 3
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm, f/2
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/250th of a second
Date: November 14th, 2025, 1.12 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Minolta XG-9-3 Fuji Acros 100 First Frame 2025 13hf

It's Better To Light A Single Candle

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:58:13 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

It's better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

A candle sconce located in my living room; taken with no lights on, just the candle burning. This was taken as a test with my second Minolta XG-9, which came in the mail on Wednesday evening.

Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 2
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm, f/4 @110mm
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1 second
Date: November 14th, 2025, 3.38 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Minolta XG-9-2 Fuji Acros 100 First Shots 2025 15df

That Faraway Look

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:55:10 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

One of the kittens that has claimed my front porch as their home. I was trying out my new camera - which I've had for less than 24 hours. It works and I only paid $9.95 for it.

Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 1
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm, f/2
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/125 of a second
Date: November 13th, 2020, 1.23 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 11 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute

Minolta XG-9-1 Fuji Acros 100 1st Shots 2025 11hf

Not The Stairway To Heaven

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:27:37 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

No, it's not the Stairway To Heaven, it just leads up to the main road and the parking area for cars. Coming down takes you to the beach and the swimming area.

Camera: Minolta Autopak 450E 110 pocket camera
Film: Lomography Tiger Color 200 (expired 5/19)
Date: November 4th, 2020, 12.27 p.m.
Location: Pounds Hollow, Hardin County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 minutes and 35 seconds at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes

Minolta 450E Tiger 200 2020 07gf

Statue Of Three Children

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:50:40 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

A statue of three children sitting across from the public library in Carmi, Illinois. The colors seem muted because the film was so expired.

Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 4 (first version)
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @50 ISO)
Program: Manual (no battery)
Aperture: F/8
Shutter Speed: 1/125th of a sec.
Date: January 3rd, 2022, 12.46 p.m.
Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Konica TC-4 Super G 400 2022 0if

Caution

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:51:47 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

The town I live in is putting new water lines along the street where I live. These are some barricades to mark a hole they dug toward that end, just at the edge of my driveway.

Camera: Minolta X-300s
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W 35mm (expired 10/2019)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/16
Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 35 seconds
Date: November 7th, 2025, 1.37 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing chemicals @ 68 degrees
Caffenol CM-RS: 11 minutes
Water Rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 minute
Water Rinse: 1 minute
Kodak Kodafix Fixer: 7 minutes
Water Rinse: 1 minute

X-300s Fuji Acros 100 2025 05-2gf

Ready For Their Closeup

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 05:02:16 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

Just like in the movie "Sunset Boulevard." It turned out a little more grainier than I would have liked, but that was because of the film being expired.

Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC (first version)
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @50 ISO)
Program: Manual (no battery)
Aperture: F/11
Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 10 seconds
Date: January 28th, 2022, 11.24 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Konica TC-4 Super G 400 2022 04hf

5th Street

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:02:21 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

Going down 5th Street, you never know what you'll find.

Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC (first version)
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @12 ISO, 5 stops under box speed)
Program: Manual (no battery)
Aperture: F/11
Shutter Speed: 1/30th of a sec.
Date: October 7th, 2025, 1.27 p.m.
Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Konica TC-4 Super G Fall Tree 2025 06if

Fall Tree 2025

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:34:50 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

My annual Fall Tree picture. When the leaves turn each Autumn on this tree, which is on the other side of town from where I live and on the same road, I photograph this particular tree. I’ve been doing it since the 1970s.

It had been cloudy and overcast, and raining off an on for about a week, but the sun finally came out, so I finally got to photograph this tree in sunshine.

Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 4 (first version)
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @12 ISO, 5 stops under)
Program: Manual (no battery)
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/30th of a sec.
Date: October 30th, 2025, 11.53 a.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Konica TC-4 Super G Fall Tree 2025 24ef

Derby Hat

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:21:04 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

A nearby VFW club was having a Kentucky Derby party and my band was hired to play the event. This was one of the patrons showing off her derby hat. She had lots to show.

Camera: Minolta Freedom Zoom 140EX
Lens: Minolta Aspherical Lens 38-140mm Macro, @38mm
Film: Fuji Film Fujicolor 200 35mm (expired 10/2017)
Date: May 1st, 2021, 8.56 p.m.
Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 minute

Minolta 140EX Fujicolor 200 2021 12gf

At The Top Of The Hour, It Will Be 2 O'Clock Bulova Watch Time

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:46:57 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

The clock tower in Marion, Illinois. It said "2 O'Clock," but it was actually 3 p.m.

This was taken with an old Kodak Instamtic camera by reloading 35mm film into a 126 film cartridge and shooting with it.

Camera: Kodak Instamatic X-15 No. 4 (Camerosity code YTSA - Period 09/72)
Film: Kodak Max 400 (Expired)
Shutter Speed: 1/90
Aperture: f/11
Date: October 29th, 2019, 3.00 p.m.
Location: Marion, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Kodak X-15-4 Kodak Max 400 2019 07if

Old Church Bell

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:04:29 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

This bell originally hung at the Ebenezer Methodist Church, which was built in 1838 and located about a mile from where it now sits next to this Methodist church in town. When the old church was torn down in the early 1980s, they placed the bell here as sort of an historical marker.

I use this bell as a test subject when shooting with my various cameras. That's why you see it so much.

Camera: Minolta Maxxum QTsi
Lens: Minolta AF Zoom 35-80mm, f/5.6
Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (exp. 06/2015)
Date: March 26th, 2020, 12.01 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing chemicals at 68 degrees:
Adox Adonal Developer: 1 ½ hours (stand developing)
Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 minute
Ilford Hypam Fixer: 10 minutes
Water Rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 minute

Minolta QTsi Fuji Acros 100 2020 20ef

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 08:41:45 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

One of the more impressive grave markers in Ebenezer Cemetery. It's less than a mile from my house. I was doing some experimenting with post-processing effects.

Camera: Minolta X-7
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.7
Film: York 200 Color (long expired and shot @25 ISO)
Shooting Program: Aperture Priority
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/125
Date: May 6th, 2020, 4.58 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Minolta X-7 York 200 2020 18kf

Autumn Neighborhood

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 02:35:23 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

This was the neighborhood near a friend's house just over 6 years ago. It was a very quiet and peaceful place.

Camera: Pentax K1000 No. 2
Lens: Tokina SZ-X 28-200mm, f/3.5 @70mm
Film: Fuji Film Fujicolor 200 (expired on 07/2010)
Shooting Program: Manual (no batteries)
Shutter Speed: 1/125 of a sec.
Aperture: f/8
Date: October 24th, 2019, 3.33 p.m.
Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Pentax K1000-2 Fujicolor 200 Fall Tree 2019 16if

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nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:54:05 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

One of those underground pipe markers.

This film expired 26 years ago and there seemed to be some color shift. Adobe Photoshop seemed to help that problem.

Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 1
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Polaroid One Film 200 (expired on 7/99 and shot @25 ASA)
Program: Manual (no battery)
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/60th of a sec.
Date: September 7th, 2025, 2.43 p.m.
Location: Hamilton County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak PhotoFlo200: 1 minute

Konica TC-1 Polaroid One Army-Navy 14hff

Wild In The Country

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:57:15 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

On a country drive I took this past Sunday, I spotted a Black Swallowtail butterfly on these wildflowers. The butterfly is hard to see, but it's on the white flower toward the middle of the frame

This film expired 26 years ago and there seemed to be some color shift. Adobe Photoshop seemed to help that problem.

Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 1
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Polaroid One Film 200 (expired on 7/99 and shot @25 ASA)
Program: Manual (no battery)
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/30th of a sec.
Date: September 7th, 2025, 1.56 p.m.
Location: Hamilton County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak PhotoFlo200: 1 minute

Konica TC-1 Polaroid One Army-Navy 06gf

Have A Seat

nobody@ipernity.com (HaarFager) — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:07:19 +0000

HaarFager has posted:

There were three old trucks abandoned at this location and it looked like somebody had removed all the seats from them. And somebody dropped off an old love seat there as well.

This film expired 26 years ago and there seemed to be some color shift. But I was able to fix it somewhat with post-processing.

Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 1
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7
Film: Polaroid One Film 200 (expired on 7/99 and shot @25 ASA)
Program: Manual (no battery)
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/60th of a sec.
Date: September 7th, 2025, 1.37 p.m.
Location: Hamilton County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak PhotoFlo200: 1 minute

Konica TC-1 Polaroid One Army-Navy 04hf