Kodak Tri-X Ortho 4163 5x4 sheet

[super_claret]

I’m supposed to be downsizing and selling off my film gear but then I came across a Walker Titan SF field camera with 3 lenses and loads of extras….aaarrgghh! I bought it and ended up with a few hundred sheets of 5x4 film thrown in. Most of it is expired Kodak Tri-X Ortho 4163 from 1990 but there are also over a hundred sheets of FP4 plus, which is from 2014 ish.

Back to the Kodak Tri-X Ortho. I have done some searching and came across a thread on Photrio, where someone had achieved good results by exposing at 25 ISO. I wondered if anybody had any experience with this film and could possibly give any advice on exposure and developing? If nothing else, I can experiment and practice loading my film holders!

I only have 510 Pyro and Adox Rodinal developers and was thinking of trying 510 Pyro first?

 

[Nas]

I can't remember using that Ortho film but I think I might have an old opened box with some in somewhere. If you have access to a darkroom you could load and develop the ortho film under safelight.

 

[super_claret]

Unfortunately, I don’t have access to a darkroom but I had thought about temporarily blacking out a room so that I can load and unload film without the constraints of a changing bag.

I’ve exposed a couple of sheets as a test but still trying to find a starting point for development.

 

[AERO]

Have a look at this re Ortho expired..may help if you hit problems..

 

[super_claret]

Thanks but the link gives me an error

 

[AERO]

Thanks but the link gives me an error

Try now.. I have re done the original

.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajPCTnYAkpo

 

[super_claret]

Thanks. Have already watched that. I’m going to give it a go this weekend and I’ll post back with results.

 

[AERO]

Thanks. Have already watched that. I’m going to give it a go this weekend and I’ll post back with results.

Good luck!

 

[super_claret]

Well at least I got something! Metered at 25 ISO. Developed in 510 Pyro for 6:30 mins @ 20C in a Jobo CPE2