Where can you find the expiry date on a 35mm film roll like Fujichrome Sensia 100?

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I have some Fujichrome Sensia 100 slide film and suspect it is expired, but I can’t find any expiry date on the 35mm cartridge itself. There is a number near the light seal, but it looks more like a production or batch code than a date.

Do 35mm film rolls normally have the expiry date printed on the cartridge, or only on the box? And if the box is missing, is there any practical way to determine the expiry date of the film?

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All film expires. Unfortunately, film expiry dates are printed on the box (which has obviously been discarded in this case), not on the 135 film cartridge itself.

Fujifilm Sensia was discontinued in 2010. Expiry dates would be in the range of 2-3 years after manufacture.

Film should really be cold stored over longer periods, but it's entirely possible that your results with this film will turn out perfectly fine.

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Film does expire, but for 35mm film the expiry date is typically printed on the outer box, not on the cartridge itself. The number on the canister is usually a production or batch code rather than a readable expiry date.

So if the box is gone, there usually isn’t a practical way to know the exact expiry date from the roll alone.

For Fujichrome Sensia 100 specifically, Sensia was discontinued in 2010, and film of that type commonly had expiry dates roughly 2–3 years after manufacture. That means any remaining roll is very likely expired by now.

Expired film can still produce usable images, especially if it was stored cold, and your experience of it working normally is entirely plausible.

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