Expired Plus-X (Pan) 125

[nickrapak]

I was recently given some recently expired plus-X pan 125. It expired in May of 2003, and was kept at room temp since then. My question is how to expose/develop it for minimum fog. The developers I currently have are D-76 and Microdol-X. I would not be opposed to purchasing new developer, but would prefer to use what I have. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[bobwysiwyg]

I recently shot and processed some 35mm Pan-X dated 1983 that I found here in storage. I used D-76 1:1, 8min. @ 68F and the results were suprisingly good to say the least.

 

[sun of sand]

as normal.

 

[jordanstarr]

I'd probably develop it in X-tol personally, but there shouldn't be much fogging. I've used plus-x from 2001 and have had it look better than some of my 2010 expiration dated film. D-76 would probably be fine too. I'm not sure about the fog, but maybe if you shot with a yellow, orange or red filter to bump the contrast up, it might reduce the fog? My logic might be off on this one.

 

[Christiaan Phleger]

Its probably good as just normal. I aquired 40 rolls of old Plus-X Pro in 120, the paper/foil wrappers and imprinting leads me to believe it was from about the late 1970's or early 1980's. It took a few rolls to really dial it in, but fog was surprisingly low, and it worked best shot at 64-80, souped in Rodinal. Xtol really didn't seem strong enough, I've not tried it in D-76 but I'd expect it to work well.

 

[Rlibersky]

I regularly shoot outdated Plus-x and haven't had a fogging issue. Although most has been frozen.

 

[PHOTOTONE]

Expired May 2003? Man that film is almost new. I would just process normally. No problems.

 

[ifer]

can the same thing be said for FP4 too? expired in 2003

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Rodinal - magic! I have many rolls of a lot expired in 1996, and when I develop it in Rodinal it sings, and is almost completely fog free! I use 1+200, 500ml per roll, 70*F, 30 minutes, agitate first 90 seconds continuously, then two inversions every 5 minutes.

I have also tried it with Pyrocat - no go. I got some kind of problem with it that caused spots. When I developed Plus-X and Tri-X in the same tank even, and the Tri-X came out perfect! I've also tried Edwal 12 and HC-110. HC-110 works best of the two, the Edwal 12 for some reason likes to add density along the edge of the film, and I'm completely dumbfounded why that is.

But in Rodinal the stuff rules! I've seen it developed in D23 with stunning results too.

- Thomas

 

[Phillip P. Dimor]

'03 is pretty recent. I wouldn't worry too much about fog. When you say room temp, are we talking in an air conditioned room/house or cool basement? Or scorching hot attic, car, windowsill...

 

[sidearm613]

03' should be relatively fine. plus-x tends to keep well if it has been frozen, so i would recommend not changing your dev times