Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> << I have an important shoot in the a.m., and have a 100 foot roll of Tri-X that's about 18 months out-of-date...Dare I use it? >> If you have an important shoot, I am surprised you even have to ask. The answer is "NO"!<<< Nonsense. It's not MILK. It'll probably be good for ten years still. Although I agree with Gerry that you shouldn't use it for important work without testing first. Wind off one roll's worth, shoot it quickly standing by the front door, develop it, and see what you get. If you can discern the slightest difference between what you get and fresh film, I'll be mighty surprised. At the most, you might get a slightly higher level of fb+f (film-base-plus-fog), but that won't affect how well the negs will print. - --Mike J. / _PHOTO Techniques_ magazine