I needed some color film to shoot on Cinco de Mayo, so I dug around in the film drawer of the refrigerator and turned up a roll of Kodak Professional 400UC. There was no box, so no date. I looked it up and found that 400UC was discontinued in 2009! I loaded it in my Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim, which would mean a shutter speed of 1/100 at f11. There was no officially scheduled event for the day in Old Town, but I was pretty sure some of the old car guys would show up.
Since I didn't know if anything was actually being recorded on the film I decided I might as well shoot the whole roll while walking around Old Town, looking for anything bright and colorful. My Cinestill C-41 had already processed at least sixteen rolls; so I give the 400UC some extra time, eight minutes at 95C. The negatives needed a bit of color and levels adjustment, but I thought the old film wore its age well.
