brianmquinn
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To start I would like to say I use expired film and paper often and usually it works fine even years past the date on the box if it is stored well. I feel “expiration date” should be replaced with “best before”.
Anyway here is my observation for super speed film. I just go some Kodak Tmax P3200 TMZ purchased from Freestyle photo. As far as I can tell Kodak coated it at the end of April 2010 and it has a date stamp of 10/2011 #5681. That would give it a shelf life of 18 months. I also have in my freezer some Ilford Delta 3200 with a date of AUG 2011. I purchased this from B&H in November 2009. I do not know when it was coated I will assume it was just off the line when I got it. That would give it a shelf life of 21 months or more if it was coated before November 2009. Can the Ilford Delta 3200 keep better and last longer than the Kodak TMZ or does Ilford just have different testing procedures to determine what is an in date film?
Anyway here is my observation for super speed film. I just go some Kodak Tmax P3200 TMZ purchased from Freestyle photo. As far as I can tell Kodak coated it at the end of April 2010 and it has a date stamp of 10/2011 #5681. That would give it a shelf life of 18 months. I also have in my freezer some Ilford Delta 3200 with a date of AUG 2011. I purchased this from B&H in November 2009. I do not know when it was coated I will assume it was just off the line when I got it. That would give it a shelf life of 21 months or more if it was coated before November 2009. Can the Ilford Delta 3200 keep better and last longer than the Kodak TMZ or does Ilford just have different testing procedures to determine what is an in date film?
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