30 year old KODAK EKTAR 25

pentaxpete · Joined: 02 Dec 2011 Posts: 651 Location: BRENTWOOD England

I had some 30 year old Kodak Ektar 25 in my fridge -- at last the SUN came out so I did some experiments with Canon FTBn and Pentax KX cameras ans various lenses -- I found it had not lost much speed -- 20 ASA was good -- I processed in used C41 for 4 mins on the Canon ones and 5 minutes on the Pentax ones, which were better. Scans had a 'Blue' cast which I corrected in PhotoShop 7 'Levels' just as I would with filters in my Darkroom color enlargers.

FTBn + 50mm f1.8 Canon FD at f4

Ftbn + 200mm f4 SSC Canon at f5.6

35mm f3.5 SSC Canon at f4

50mm f1.4 SMC Pentax-M on 1975 KX at f5.6

24mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena at f5.6 on 1975 KX

135mm f2.8 Vivitar at f5.6 on 1975 KX

Räbenfluch · Joined: 18 Mar 2013 Posts: 112

Hey, these look great. I have 2 rolls of ektar 25 in my fridge, they expired in 1990. Now I have some numbers to work with, thank you Smile

Cheers,
Timo