I thought I'd share an interesting story about a roll of Tri X I just had developed this week. Turns out that about 3 years ago I used a Nikon FM2 as a spare camera during a wedding. I had loaded it with a roll of Tri X and took several shots of the bride, bridesmaids, etc. I had only shot about 15 pictures when I put the camera away and continued shooting color film with another camera.
A couple of weeks after the wedding the hotshoe became loose on the FM2. Since I had only shot half the roll of Tri X I thought I would shoot the rest in available light. I put the loaded FM2 away in a drawer and forgot all about it until last week. I went out and shot the rest of the roll just for fun and had it developed. I was expecting the lab tech to tell me how the images had faded, etc.
To my surprise all the images were perfect (by that I mean well exposed, no signs of over/under exposure, no fading)! In other words, it took me 3 years to finish a roll of Tri X and the images on frame 1 were consitant with frame 36! So much for the film expiration myth!
A couple of weeks after the wedding the hotshoe became loose on the FM2. Since I had only shot half the roll of Tri X I thought I would shoot the rest in available light. I put the loaded FM2 away in a drawer and forgot all about it until last week. I went out and shot the rest of the roll just for fun and had it developed. I was expecting the lab tech to tell me how the images had faded, etc.
To my surprise all the images were perfect (by that I mean well exposed, no signs of over/under exposure, no fading)! In other words, it took me 3 years to finish a roll of Tri X and the images on frame 1 were consitant with frame 36! So much for the film expiration myth!