Ready loads...

[Drew B.]

A number of years ago, a group of us traveled up to Manchester, NH for shooting and to visit a popular art school. That was the last time I shot with 4x5 ready loads. Recently I discovered several of them in my trunk...where they had been sitting through hot summers and cold winters.

For the hell of it I had them processed...expecting nothing, I was quite surprised to find some pretty good images on them!

 

[TheToadMen]

Did you expose these back then or recently?

 

[Axle]

What sort of film stock were these?

 

[Drew B.]

They were exposed back then...4-5 years. Kodak tri-x I believe

 

[Axle]

They were exposed back then...4-5 years. Kodak tri-x I believe

Tri-X good solid film!

 

[eddie]

I think they would have been T-Max 100.

 

[Drew B.]

Yes...you are correct. T-Max 100 is the film.

 

[TheToadMen]

I think they would have been T-Max 100.

Yes...you are correct. T-Max 100 is the film.

@eddie: how did you know?

 

[Dr Croubie]

@eddie: how did you know?

Maybe Tri-X never came in readyload? (Or he cheated and read the notches)

OP, do you remember if you used the Kodak back, or the Fuji Quickload, or a Polaroid 545?
I've got all three, and some ektachrome readyloads, and there are definitely a lot of differing opinions of the usefulness of each film in each holder (so far I've only done Fuji Quickloads in the Polaroid back with no problems, the other backs just came free with some films I wanted)

 

[TheToadMen]

Maybe Tri-X never came in readyload?

That could be true, but I have heard of people who reload their ready load. Never used one myself, though.

(Or he cheated and read the notches)

I didn't notice the notch code before, but it is there and looks like T-max 100 Professional.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notch_code

 

[Drew B.]

As I said...it IS T-max 100.