Hey everybody! It's been a long time since I've posted here, primarily because I've been involved in my other expensive hobby - motorcycles. I rebuilt a 1974 Suzuki TS 125 in my dorm room with nothing more than a $20 tool kit and a craftsman impact driver. Now that it's running good and I've financially recovered from the shock of buying all those parts and tools, I'm going to try and get back into some film shooting.
First things first, I recently bought on ebay a spool of Kodak TriX with an expiration of 1985. It's a 100 foot spool of double 8mm, and I plan on hand spooling it onto some 25 foot spools and exposing it through my cameras.
According to the seller, he had recently used similar stock with good results exposed at ASA 10. This could be a load of crap, but I give this guy some benefit of the doubt given that he has like 400 perfect feedbacks.
So does anybody have any suggestions as to how to expose this film? I don't hand develop my film - I just want to send it to Film and Video services and get it developed. I have already emailed FVS and hope to get a response about their recommendations.
I will conclude by adding that over my fast approaching Christmas break, I plan on trying to hand slit and shoot some film stock through my Univex miniature 8mm camera to see if I can get anything to come out.
A question about how to use old film stock
Moderator: Andreas Wideroe
I think I remember properly TriX wasn't always 200 ASA back in those days - it was 125. In fact looking at the auction pictures, it is 125 ASA film.
But if I'm getting what you're saying, maybe the best course of action is just to test the film by metering for several different ASA ratings - for example, trying it at 125, 100, 50 and 25 ASA and seeing which comes out?
But if I'm getting what you're saying, maybe the best course of action is just to test the film by metering for several different ASA ratings - for example, trying it at 125, 100, 50 and 25 ASA and seeing which comes out?
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I think Tri-X has always been ASA 200 in MP format. It was Plus-X that was bumped from ASA 50 to 100 a few years ago, and they started putting it in a notchless cartridge, with a speed notch of 160T/100D.
The still form of Tri-X was always different-- ASA 400 I believe. That was always confusing. Same name, different film. Either way old B/W film comes out well unless it was stored in a hot garage for 20 years or something like that. Maybe a little speed change, 1/2 stop or so but not much.
The still form of Tri-X was always different-- ASA 400 I believe. That was always confusing. Same name, different film. Either way old B/W film comes out well unless it was stored in a hot garage for 20 years or something like that. Maybe a little speed change, 1/2 stop or so but not much.
Let me solve this riddle by posting the stuff I actually bought:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=020
Hopefully you can still see the link. I don't have very much to lose, as I want to make a machine to re wind 100 foot spools onto 25 foot spools anyway, so I can buy film in larger bulk quantities for myself that way...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=020
Hopefully you can still see the link. I don't have very much to lose, as I want to make a machine to re wind 100 foot spools onto 25 foot spools anyway, so I can buy film in larger bulk quantities for myself that way...
OK, let me update this post - it's been quite a while I know, but I finally found something to film and sent it out to Film and Video Services. Shooting this TriX, emulsion number 7207, I found best results lie between 40 and 80 ASA. This is actually pretty nice film stock, so I think I'll shoot out the other rolls I have and get them processed as well.
Just thought I'd put it out there - TriX that expired in 1985 can most likely be tried at 40-80 ASA with good results. Exposure latitude on this stock is still pretty incredible, as I find it works pretty good at either ASA rating, best if shot a half stop higher than ASA 40.
Hopefully this helps somebody someday...
Just thought I'd put it out there - TriX that expired in 1985 can most likely be tried at 40-80 ASA with good results. Exposure latitude on this stock is still pretty incredible, as I find it works pretty good at either ASA rating, best if shot a half stop higher than ASA 40.
Hopefully this helps somebody someday...