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Question: I have film from 6 years ago!. Will it still develop!?
I have 35mm roles of film and i also have the disposable cameras!. Will it still develop!? I don't want to waste my money!.!.!.

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It may or may not!. Depends on a lot of factors such as storage conditions, exposure to humidity, extremes of hot and cold, ect!.!.
but I would go ahead a get it developed, might bring back some memories, thats why the photos were taken to begin with!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

From a fellow, more experienced, photographer, "Film stays good for about a year!." If you expose and develop expired film, it will look like ****!. The colours begin to shift like mad and other problems like granularity and contrast could be screwed up too!. You can try it if you want!. It would be something like shooting with a Holga, except you don't have to be afraid of breaking the camera just by pushing the shutter release!. :-P
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It'll develop but the results will be light leakage, deteriorated color and discoloration where the film rested against itself over time!.

It will develop though!.

It'll just look like crap!.

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look on the canister or back of the disposable camera to see if there is an expiry date!.!.!.!.

6 years seems like a REALLY REALLY long time!.

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It should!. My mom fund film that was ten years old that still developedWww@QuestionHome@Com