Recently, I decided to see if my old freezer stored Tri-X film was still usable. I have two batches of expired film from 2008 and 2013, so I bought a new ten sheet box of 8x10 Tri-X (expiration 2021) to compare. The 2008 and 2013 films which I shot under identical conditions of the same scene were exactly alike, rich in density and of good contrast. The new Tri-X (shot at the same scene as the other two and developed exactly the same) was thin and and seemed to possess much less silver in its emulsion (what I had expected from the older films). Has anyone else experienced this with the new Tri-X film? It just doesn't seem to be the same film anymore.
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