j._gewirtz Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 A friend of mine has a roll of 35mm Tmax 3200 that was exposed perhaps 20 years ago. Can anyone suggest a developer and developing time that would be most likely to yield usable negatives in this situation? I realize that this film doesn't hold up well over time if undeveloped, but we have nothing to lose. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteenthumbs Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 HC110 at 65°F for reduced fog. What ISO/EI was the film exposed at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j._gewirtz Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 HC110 at 65°F for reduced fog. What ISO/EI was the film exposed at? Probably 3200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen_h Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I have used 20 year old unexposed TMZ, exposed it at 3200, and got visible, but otherwise not so good, results. I suspect that 60 year old VP would do better. Here is one, and this is the whole frame, not a crop: -- glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 There are so many uncontrolled variables in the history of a 20-year-old roll of any film that it's always "iffy". I've used 20-year old Tri-X and Plus X. In my case the Tri-X yielded better though grainy (like glen_h's) results,than the slower film. Often the faster ISO films will deteriorate more in storage than slower films (or at least it seems that it should be that way). Here is some Soviet film, expired about the same time as the USSR itself: with the results: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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