Oops, 4x5" film holders loaded in 2012

Kodachromeguy · Feb 20, 2020

Oh oh, I discovered some film holders that I loaded with Tri-X 320 in early 2012 (unused). The holders have been in a dark closet in a climate -controlled house, so max. temperature would have been around 78 deg. F in summer. Should I use these sheets? Use a lower exposure index? Discard? Thanks!

DWThomas · Feb 20, 2020

I'd use them -- maybe not for once in a lifetime work -- but hey, 1982 is old -- 2012, enh, try one!

koraks · Feb 20, 2020

DWThomas said:
try one!

That's it!
If stored in the dark under not too high temperatures, and perhaps more importantly, reasonably low relative humidity, they may be just fine.

Fraunhofer · Feb 20, 2020

Just try it. In all likelihood they are fine.

Andrew O'Neill · Feb 20, 2020

Film is pretty robust.

Maris · Feb 20, 2020

Past Imperfect #7
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.4cm X 21.3cm, from a 4x5 Tri-X Pan Professional negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a 150mm f4 Wollaston Meniscus soft-focus lens and a #25 red filter.

My photographer friend died after a long long illness and some of his equipment passed into my hands. There were many film holders on a shelf that he had loaded with Tri-X fifteen years previously but could not expose. The film had corroded through the passage of years but I took it to those places we had walked with our cameras in times past and made some exposures.

canuhead · Feb 20, 2020

Maris said:
Past Imperfect #7
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.4cm X 21.3cm, from a 4x5 Tri-X Pan Professional negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a 150mm f4 Wollaston Meniscus soft-focus lens and a #25 red filter.

My photographer friend died after a long long illness and some of his equipment passed into my hands. There were many film holders on a shelf that he had loaded with Tri-X fifteen years previously but could not expose. The film had corroded through the passage of years but I took it to those places we had walked with our cameras in times past and made some exposures.

what a wonderful tribute to your friend !

Kodachromeguy · Apr 22, 2020

UPDATE: MAY BE OK. Here are two examples from the Port of Vicksburg, Mississippi. These display a minor amount of the reticulation, but a different pattern than Maris above shows. But the reticulation may be an error from the lab where I sent the film. The reason I surmise this is I used long-expired but frozen Tri-X in other holders. Some of the sheets were perfect while others displayed severe reticulation. I need to test again. On the second frame below, I see that I used a hood a bit too narrow for the 135mm lens.

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