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I've been given a pack of Fuji Acros in 5x4 that is 15 months out of date and has been kept in a wooden box in my neighbour's attic. (Needless to say, it's now in my freezer.)

I'd like to use it for contact printing salt prints, for which I need a high-contrast image. I'd probably process it in Rodinal using a Paterson Orbital.

Given the likely condition, does anyone have a recommendation for (1) exposure settings (one stop, two stops over?) and (2) development?

If its been kept cool there should be no problem. All my remaining Acros QL stock (admittedly kept from new in my freezer ) is older and still produces correctly exposed images with standard exposure.

Hi, and thanks for your reply. (I was beginning to think nobody had heard of such a situation!)

OK, then I'll try it with just the normal adjustments for high contrast. Thanks again.

Oliver wrote:Hi, and thanks for your reply. (I was beginning to think nobody had heard of such a situation!)

OK, then I'll try it with just the normal adjustments for high contrast. Thanks again.

I think you'll find many of us here using technically out of date QL stock. I have around 1000 QL sheets in my freezer at the moment!

Thingy wrote:

Oliver wrote:Hi, and thanks for your reply. (I was beginning to think nobody had heard of such a situation!)

OK, then I'll try it with just the normal adjustments for high contrast. Thanks again.

I think you'll find many of us here using technically out of date QL stock. I have around 1000 QL sheets in my freezer at the moment!

I think the difference might be that yours have been well stored, whereas my neighbour's attic - while dry- is no doubt hot in summer and cold in winter. But it's worth a try ( the stuff is so rare - except, of course, in Essex . )