How long after expiry date can color negative sheet film still be exposed with reasonable results? At the moment I am located in northwestern Vietnam where I cannot obtain more film. All I have left in my camera bag is some sheets of Kodak Portra 160asa and 400 asa color negative film with an expiry date of 07 2009 ie 5 months ago. For most of its life since I bought it in December 2007 this film was stored in a plastic container beside my food in our kitchen refrigerator. But not frozen. For about 3 months it was stored in a suitcase (in a mild climate) under my bed. No I am not making this up!
Would anybody care to hazard a guess as to whether this film is (a) completely unusable, or (b) probably more or less ok, or (c) not so good but better than 35mm Kodak Gold.
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