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Whoops! Left some film in the shed for 2+ years. Is it toast?

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I was getting an old Freestyle shipping box out of the shed a while ago to reuse it for shipping something else, and when I dumped the peanuts this fell out



So that's what happened to the 120 film I never got. I know Tri-X is pretty bulletproof, but it's been out there since 2-2013. This being Florida, it has probably gotten over 100+ degrees more than a few times, and has probably been at 90 degrees or more for a long, long time.

When we used to live close to the Mexican border, my film cameras would get so hot they would burn my back when I had them on a strap while out on my bike. Nothing bad ever happened....but maybe this is different?
 

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Nobody knows until you shoot it and develop it.
 

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Shoot is and see what develops.
 

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probably will still develop. granted with colours that are a bit off.
 
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It's Tri-X. I sure hope the colours are off :}
 

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Tell you what: send it to me and I will carefully test each roll and let you know if it's any good. No charge!

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The real problem for you will be if you try it out and end up liking the results so much you want to be able to repeat them.

Tri-X is pretty robust.
 

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I bought some Neopan400 at a tourist spot in Mexico that was within its use-by date but it had been cooked (I assume) because it was inferior to other Neopan400 in that it had a high level of fog and a degree of lower sensitivity as well. Useable but disappointing.
 

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good reason to buy some fresh film
 

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I had a related experience - I found a roll of exposed film (Tri-X) in my tool box that had been in an outdoor shed since 1991. For reasons I can't fathom, I stuck that roll in a forgotten corner of my tool box when I moved into my home all those years ago. I sent if off to thedarkroom.com and had a real "time capsule" experience. The contrast was a bit off, but I fiddled in LR to get the pix reasonable.
 
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