I had no box to go alongside it, which didnt help with dating it at all!
All I knew was that "Superia 100" manufacturing ended in the late 2000s, so following the expired film rule of thumb to add 1 stop overexposure for each decade, it was effectively an ISO 50 film! For no particular reason, I decided it would be wise to shoot in dimmer lighting and just compensate with a wider aperture on a trip to York to take some grainy "lo-fi" photos, as theyre called (which seem to be the rage at the moment when it comes to film) photos of the Shinkansen MK1 Bullet Train, if I hear correctly it is the only one outside of Asia, so quite the rarity!
Having a fast lens and relatively decent "light" was of course too easy, and for once again no particular reason I left the roll to "marinate" in the fridge for a year after exposing!
At the end of that, a somewhat unhealthy emulsion did result in some images that held up quite well!
Shinkansen 0 22-141 by George Lee, on Flickr
Shinkansen 0 22-141 by George Lee, on Flickr
Shinkansen 0 22-141 by George Lee, on Flickr
Shinkansen 0 22-141 by George Lee, on Flickr
Shinkansen 0 22-141 by George Lee, on Flickr- I also personally like this one the best, I like to think that the "Trash" is directly related to the image, due to how grainy and destructive the ageing and underexposure has been to the film.
(I'm really pushing it there!)
One thing I also can't help but wonder with museums are the stories of the people who were directly involved, either working on or merely just a passenger, with the artefacts.