Expired 120 TMax400 - Development?

Just shot my first roll of 120 ever. Used some 1997 expired TMax 400 just to get the hang of the workflow with the camera. As I don't have my equipment to home develop yet, I'm sending it out this time.

I know the characteristics of expired film change, so I was wondering if there is any special instructions I should tell the lab? The film was shot at ISO400.

I'm not expecting groundbreaking and awe-inspiring quality but ideally I would like them to be somewhat presentable if only for my own satisfaction. lol

The film was stored in a freezer and I have the exposed roll in my freezer now as well.

Thanks for your help!

If you don't know how badly the film is affected by age, you need to have it processed 'normal' to assess the effect.

Then based on that, if you have more of the same film, you can determine how to best expose and subsequently how to instruct the lab to process the film.

I have some 1997 TMX that has been stored in uncertain conditions, and I develop it normally.

threemilesfinal said:

... I know the characteristics of expired film change, so I was wondering if there is any special instructions I should tell the lab? The film was shot at ISO400. ...

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Tell them, you've underexposed it by a stop, but not to worry about it and develop it normally.

:eek:

I use a lot of expired TMY sheet film. It loses a little contrast (1/2 to 1 stop) and picks up a bit of fog as time goes by after expiration. I still like it more than any other film.

With TMax that old you might want to extend development a little bit to make up for the loss of punch in the highlights, but that's all I'd do. (Maybe 15% more time.) Even if you make no adjustment in development your negatives should be quite printable.

okay excellent!

i've got 5 more frames left on my second roll and then it's going off in the mail.

i will definitely post up a couple examples when it returns.

thanks for the info!