I still have a decent amount of Elite Chrome(maybe 40-50 rolls, still in bricks) in the freezer. I haven't shot any in a long time, but maybe should. In fact, I think the last I shot was at Disney World in 2008(I was just scanning those a few months ago)...I'm going again in October so perhaps will shoot some more, although of course need to test it before then. It honestly was one of my favorite all around slide films-not outstanding at anything, but not bad at much either. Based on the 1997-expired always frozen Velvia sheets I've been shooting recently, it SHOULD be fine without much perceptible color shift, but I won't know unless I try. With that said, I'm also flying, so I don't know if I want to even haul any film with me(I'm going with my girlfriend, and I also don't know if I want her to have to put up with me fumbling around with film
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These days I'm mostly a Velvia shooter, but of course it's off limits for people photos. I've welcomed the return of E100-I've shot probably a half dozen rolls since October-as it's such a nice "clean" film and gives good skin tones. My only real quibble with it is that I always preferred E100GX, but an 81A or even a skylight filter "fixes" that quickly. The only E100GX I have left is some 220, which of course is extra valuable to me-220 Hasselblad backs are virtual give-away items(while a nice 120 back can run $200 or better) and my lab processes it for $13.99 vs. $10.99 for 135-36 or 120. I actually even have some in-date Velvia in 220, but that's also in short supply and I tend to use it for special occasions.
In any case, I generally avoid IR cleaning in Vuescan, but ICE in Nikon Scan is a different story. I've found that it actually does a really nice job of cleaning things up without obscuring much if any detail.