I took some TMAX (multi-decade expired) 4x5 readyloads to Italy with me. I
should have derated them a bit more than my testing indicated; but, with a
bit of restrainer to suppress the fog, the negatives looked great and were
not at all hard to print.
Since they don't make readyloads anymore....... I'm always in the market
for more of them that have been well stored.
On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Some months ago, I came into the possession of an unopened box
of Kodak TXP in 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" sheets. Expiry date was 7/1993
but the guy I got it from assured me it had been frozen ever since.
I also had some DK-50 stock I mixed up last summer but has been in
a dark brown glass bottle since. So, I took the last of it today,
and mixed up a batch of 1:1.
I needed to check out a Graflok back I just got for my Mamiya
Universal ... "So", sez me, "I shall use old developer and old film
for the test and see what happens." Well ... the negs look just fine.
No particularly evidence sign of fogging at least to the unaided eye (
I've not yet tried to print them), the unexposed borders look unremarkable
etc.
Next up, I've decided to shoot up that Tri-X film pack with a 11/1975
expiry. No point just letting it sit there.
To be continued ...
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