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Why as us? Just develop one sheet and find out. Much depends on how it was stored.
 

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There is a reason film manufacturers put expiration dates on film packages. But who knows, maybe you'll get something interesting.
 
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Why as us? Just develop one sheet and find out. Much depends on how it was stored.

It's just a tagline for the video... of course I tried it...jeesh! 😄 Why don't you watch it? It's under 4 minutes long...
 
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There is a reason film manufacturers put expiration dates on film packages. But who knows, maybe you'll get something interesting.

Watch the video and find out... it's SHORT!
 

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Andrew,
Does this remind you of your classroom? :whistling: Tell everyone it will be on the exam! 😉
 

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That's cool Andrew can't wait to see those comparisons with TMX.............I have decided that as long as I can continue to buy TMX 100, It'll be the film I grow with and grow to know better. Had I been able to stick with it when I had to give up the darkroom 10 years ago, I think we'd be good friends at this time. I still have much to learn with it.
 
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Andrew,
Does this remind you of your classroom? :whistling: Tell everyone it will be on the exam! 😉

😄 I tell them that, but they know I don't give exams...
 
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I am glad this particular box of expired Panatomic-X worked out for you. Do you have a particular project in mind for the sheets of film remaining after your experiment?

I'm curious to see how it compares to tmax 100, and Polaroid P/N 55. I'll be using these films to photograph my usual subjects.
 

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I should:
1) try the box of 1948 vintage AZO postcard paper I have; and
2) if it still has some life, let you have a crack at it too :smile:
 
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I should:
1) try the box of 1948 vintage AZO postcard paper I have; and
2) if it still has some life, let you have a crack at it too :smile:

I would LOVE to try some AZO. The closest I've come to that paper was Lodima... which I still have. That was from Michael Smith and Paula Chamlee's first run of that paper. Very beautiful paper. I'd have to dig up my 300W bulb...
 

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I have a few boxes of Pan-X, in 4x5 and 6x9, expired in 1968 and 1969. All of it still works well. Just an amazing time capsule. It makes a lot more sense to shoot in-date stuff, but I find it oddly satisfying to shoot stock that expired almost 6 decades ago. It's almost as old as my bicycle(!)
 

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It's worth noting that Kodak discontinued Panatomic-X sheet film in the early '70s, long before TMX was even dreamed of. I've never seen it until now, and I've been in photography for 50 years- along with being born and raised in Rochester. Live and learn- glad that you have usable results.
 
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It's worth noting that Kodak discontinued Panatomic-X sheet film in the early '70s, long before TMX was even dreamed of. I've never seen it until now, and I've been in photography for 50 years- along with being born and raised in Rochester. Live and learn- glad that you have usable results.

Thanks MarkS. All I know is that Panatomic-X was discontinued around '87. Discontinuation of sheet film well before that year makes sense, as it's pretty near impossible to find, whereas 120 isn't.
 

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“Hats off to Kodak” you say. Of course 1963 is a long way back. We do not know if it was frozen. I don’t know if they did that in the early years either. Nonetheless, I recently had very good results with a pack of Delta400 4x5” from 2003 stored unfrozen in the attic (can be quite warm in summer). And with TriX of about the same age too btw. But I doubt whether it’s unique for Kodak. I will reset my mind anyway, that throwing away old B&W films is just a compulsion which deserves to be bypassed.
 

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It may be that sheet film lasts better than 120 roll film because of backing paper problems. I'm about to find out with Tri-X around 25 years old 4x5. The roll film Tri-X is not quite so old.
 
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I've never liked T-Max films. I kinda wish Kodak would go back to making Pan-X though I know that will never happen. I've always been impressed by the rich tonality of Pan-X. I mean look at Bryan's images above. Gorgeous! To me T-Max always looks flat and lifeless. No depth to the images.
 
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I've never liked T-Max films. I kinda wish Kodak would go back to making Pan-X though I know that will never happen. I've always been impressed by the rich tonality of Pan-X. I mean look at Bryan's images above. Gorgeous! To me T-Max always looks flat and lifeless. No depth to the images.

I never was a fan of TMX 100, but I was able to capture some images with it that I'm quite happy with. I think in the right hands, and conditions, one can make TMX 100 look lovely.
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