poor me...

[fbf]

bought two packs of polaroid 600 film on ebay with the expiring date "11/2008" and I didn't pay much attention when I received it. When I tried to use it today, the box shows expiring date "05/2003". While I tired to take some photos...funny thing happened, the battery died and films won't come out. gee, poor me, I don't even know what to do with them now.

[Brian Sweeney]

I've used 600 and Spectra film up to 3 years out-of-date with "mixed results". The developer starts to lose viscosity, and development is uneven. Colors vary. Five-years out of date, I would not use it.

Peel-apart film fares better.

[gb hill]

Sounds like my kind of luck. Hope you didn't pay too much. Concerning 35mm film I buy out of date film at a camera store where they have bins full of it. I have had good results with Konica film from way back 2002. They have bulk rolls of T Max, year or two out of date for $25.00. While I guess thats a good deal i'm kind of scared to buy any of it, mainly because it has not been refrigerated.

[fbf]

long expired polaroid is much worse than regular 35mm film...the chemical has dried out and battery dies in the pack. There is nothing i can do...
seller denies everything...gee, poor me. i just bought another 20 fresh packs from someone and hopefully they are good as described.......

[iamzip]

I haven't used a polaroid in ages, but maybe you could take a good battery from an empty polaroid cartridge and use that somehow?

[davedunne]

Originally Posted by iamzip

...maybe you could take a good battery from an empty polaroid cartridge and use that somehow?

I have sucessfully revived an old TimeZero pack with a dead battery by removing the battery from a used pack and sliding it under the dead pack. It's very tight and I needed a pliars to remove the pack when I finished but it worked.

[kuzano]

Originally Posted by IdeaDog

Watch out for out-of-date birth control pills too...

And don't make the mistake of doubling or tripling the dosage to compensate. Don't ask me how I know.