Expiry date of film (TMax100)

[jmahto]

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I ordered few rolls of TMax 100 without noticing the expiry date. It says 2015 and the vendor says it was cold stored.

 

Quick question. Should I be concerned of the result being sub optimal? I will be storing it in freezer and plan to use it within one year.

[Pyrogallol]

It should be fine. Try a roll before freezing the rest in case you find that it is not as good as normal fresh film, then you might feel like using it up a bit more freely rather than saving it in the freezer.

I am getting to the end of a 30mt bulk roll of FP4 that I bought cheap as it was out of date and the seller said that it had been frozen. It has been OK but might have lost a little contrast/speed.

A bit like food it might not like being frozen, defrosted and refrozen, but it should not give you food poisoning.

 

Also I used some out of date TMax recently and that was OK.

Edited September 18, 2018 by Pyrogallol

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[octo]

Just for a test, I tried a Tmax 100 exp date 2013 recently but set it at 60 ASA and it worked fine. It had been stored at12°C

[earleygallery]

I would be amazed if it wasn't absolutely fine!

[wattsy]

On 9/18/2018 at 6:28 PM, jmahto said:

I ordered few rolls of TMax 100 without noticing the expiry date. It says 2015 and the vendor says it was cold stored.

I agree that it'll be absolutely fine but it is a bit off of the retailer not warning you beforehand that the film was expired stock. Hopefully you got it cheap?

[jmahto]

5 minutes ago, wattsy said:

I agree that it'll be absolutely fine but it is a bit off of the retailer not warning you beforehand that the film was expired stock. Hopefully you got it cheap?

My test roll came ok. I shot at 100. I will have to check the price but I don’t remember it substantially cheap. 

[edstock]

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Black and white film is very forgiving. Should be fine with proper storage.