It is matter of heat, humidity and the type of storage. Most of the flaws in what you are seeing is the invasion of light as the paper became more loose. If you were to put the film in a sealed box, and stuck it in a controlled enviornment it should last many years.
The other issue that would be of concern is some of the formulae used has changed over the years. In order to get optimum results you might have to re-formulate the developer for those specific films.
I’ve processed rolls from the 50’s without a lot of degradation.
The contrast on these could have been kicked up a little bit in the post processing. But other than that, they look like the same horrible snapshots we take every day.
Its funny, I have been reading some letters from uncles writing from the front. They all asked for film in their letters home. Seemed to be the only thing they wanted. I would love to get my hands on it now, but they were probably thrown away 60 years ago.
I love film, but for financial reasons have turned away from it.
I deeply regret shooting with the inferior D40 for so long.
I put 100 or so cycles through a D5100 before it gave out.
I adore the D200 - and it’s ten years old with 5K cycles.
Love?
It reminds me of my OM10 and FE... My favorite cameras.
No, “it’s not about the camera,”
but we have lost something in this digital age.
Somehow the equipment once inspired us to greatness in framing composition contrast and light...
Now it encourages us to shoot anything, anywhere, and to neglect our own experience for the sake of record-keeping.
The feeling I got when I first touched an F... That the camera was worthy of my best... That was a materialistic but very real inspiration.