How to develop very expired Tri-X?

[B&Wpositive]

I shot some very expired Tri-X. I regret not giving it more exposure than I did; I shot it EI 320, but probably should have run it at EI 160 and then pushed at least a stop in processing.

The film is the old style packaging, with the green stripes, and the canister does not have the HDPE #2 recycling logo on the bottom! Any idea how old it is?

I want to develop it to get usable negs. My questions are:

How many stops should I push it? I was thinking of pushing to EI 1600. Is that likely to be sufficient? Could 3 stops potentially ruin the highlights?

Developer is Ilfotec HC
Feel free to suggest a better developer for this sort of thing. But I don't like using powder developers that have to be mixed.

The roll looks like the upper right one in this pic: http://i14.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/16/b1/6dcf_1.JPG

Oh, and it was likely not stored frozen. I know some of you are good at this sort of challenge, and I'd appreciate your insight nto making this old, fogged Tri-X come out.

Thanks!

P.S. I googled up this thread on stand development using Rodinal: http://www.flickr.com/groups/rodinal/discuss/72157607974326039/

 

[bobwysiwyg]

Found this exchange about old Tri-X, hope it helps.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/ishootfilm/discuss/72157605272449755/

 

[André E.C.]

Are you a religious individual?

If you are, just pray, if you aren't, it's maybe about time to learn how to.


Good Luck!




André

 

[B&Wpositive]

So what is this "stand development" I heard about and is it worth trying?

 

[removed account4]

hi bw

i use 10+ year old expired tri x sheet film all the time.
i process it in print developer ( ansco130 )
and sometimes in coffee based developer mixed with ansco130 ( caffenol c + a130 )
i usually shoot it a few stops over ... asa 100 ...

oh, stand development is when you don't agitate, you just let your film stand still in your
developer ...

i don't usually push ...

have fun!

john

 

[B&Wpositive]

So is stand development advantageous in this case? What are the advantages?

Is Ilfotec HC a good low-fog developer?

Should I push 2, 2, or 3 stops? I'm leaning toward 3 stops, just in case. Can you stand dev with HC and also push? What are the guidelines?