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

[gone]

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?

 

[pdeeh]

Nobody knows until you shoot it and develop it.

 

[MartinCrabtree]

Just don't shoot a wedding with it.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Shoot is and see what develops.

 

[mehguy]

probably will still develop. granted with colours that are a bit off.

 

[gone]

It's Tri-X. I sure hope the colours are off :}

 

[kb3lms]

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!

-- Jason

 

[mehguy]

It's Tri-X. I sure hope the colours are off :}

oh wow. im dumb lol.

 

[MattKing]

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.

 

[john_s]

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.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

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

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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?

good reason to buy some fresh film

 

[MartinCrabtree]

^^^^^^
You there!!!!! Stop making sense!!

 

[mattforsbacka]

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.