Tri-X Pan 400 - What Should I do with it?

photomem · Oct 3, 2009

I was putting Wendy's Frosty in Freezer while I was eating my delicious cheeseburger and found a roll of Tri-X Pan 400 that expired in 1996 in the freezer door. I think someone gave it to me a while back and I just stuck it in the Freezer. So, I am wondering.. what should I do with it? I had thought about sticking it in my Lomo to see what happens, but I also thought I would ask the community what would be a fitting use for this film.

ic-racer · Oct 3, 2009

photomem said:
I would ask the community what would be a fitting use for this film.

Analog photography????

photomem · Oct 3, 2009

Duh?

I thought I would cram it into the SD slot on my Nikon D60.

BetterSense · Oct 3, 2009

I would probably throw it away. Or you could give it away.

Roger Thoms · Oct 3, 2009

What do you have to loose, a little time and some chemistry. I'd shoot the film and process it, probably fine if it has been frozen the whole time.
Roger

pgomena · Oct 3, 2009

Sounds like Lomo fodder to me.

Peter Gomena

photomem · Oct 3, 2009

Lomo Fodder was what I was thinking. Old Film + Toy Camera = "experimental art photographs" Right?

BobNewYork · Oct 3, 2009

My guess is that it will be fine. I might rate at it at EI 250 or 320 and develop normally. May be a slighly higher base fog but it's likely to produce good negatives - in whatever camera you decide to use it.

Bob H

removed account4 · Oct 3, 2009

i am sure it will be like new ..

EASmithV · Oct 3, 2009

photomem said:
I was putting Wendy's Frosty in Freezer while I was eating my delicious cheeseburger and found a roll of Tri-X Pan 400 that expired in 1996 in the freezer door. I think someone gave it to me a while back and I just stuck it in the Freezer. So, I am wondering.. what should I do with it? I had thought about sticking it in my Lomo to see what happens, but I also thought I would ask the community what would be a fitting use for this film.

It's crap. Send it to me...

Seriously, shoot it. It will probably work. Just make sure to follow proper procedure for defrosting film.

It will probably be like new.

BradS · Oct 3, 2009

When an elderly relative died in 2003, we had to clean out his house and disposition all of his personal belongings. In the process we found bundles of Tri-X and other 35mm films stashed here and there throughout the house. Almost forty (40!) rolls in total. Much of the Tri-X was dated 1973...

I got all of the film. I shot the long expired and casually stored Tri-X in 2005 and 2006...Developed it in D-76(1+1) according to the directions printed on the instruction sheets included in each and every box (!). It was all fine.

Don't worry. Use the film and enjoy.

And there is no need to store film in the freezer.

photomem · Oct 3, 2009

Only reason I store film in the freezer is because of the wild variations in humdity and temp in the south. I also only do it for slide and expired film. My newer film lives in one of those small softside "cooler" bags that you pick up at the grocery for a couple bucks. That affords some protection from the Aforementioned temp swings.

Tri-X Pan 400 - What Should I do with it?

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