EarlJam
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I shot a few rolls of 35mm Kodak Gold in the late 90s and early 2000s, primarily ISO 200 and 400. Over the 10+ years the developed film sat in my file cabinet, it appears that the blue layer has experienced some sort of deterioration. It's an odd anomaly, in that it's most evident in scenes like this, where some elements of the image are white, like the overexposed portion of the sky here, relative to the rest of the image. Also, most but not all of the images on a roll have the issue.
One other data point: I seem to have this problem only with Kodak Gold emulsions. None of the Fujicolor I shot in the same period exhibits anything like this.
So . . . thoughts? Storage issue? Chemical degradation over time due to improper or incomplete washing at the lab? Other? I've been mulling this for the past few years and have run out of possible causes. Thanks, all.
One other data point: I seem to have this problem only with Kodak Gold emulsions. None of the Fujicolor I shot in the same period exhibits anything like this.
So . . . thoughts? Storage issue? Chemical degradation over time due to improper or incomplete washing at the lab? Other? I've been mulling this for the past few years and have run out of possible causes. Thanks, all.