Digital BW, The Print

> Stephen Kobrin <kobrins@... 
> <mailto:kobrins%40wharton.upenn.edu>> wrote:
> I have stored a supply of XP2 well past it's due date in my freezer.
> Are there any obvious signs of deterioration negatives from outdated
> film? The last two rolls show some "mottling" in the shadows. It is
> not posterization, but rather a coarseness and some lack of detail.
> Midtones and highlights seem fine. Is it time to toss the film? I am
> relatively sure the problem is not a function of scanning or
> processing in PS.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Steve

Old film can show loss of sensitivity and contrast, increased fog and 
graininess, and other ills.  This is especially true of color films, of 
which XP-2 is a subset. I expect that you'd want to get different film.

-Peter