Sorry to start off this month with my ugly mug, but it was done in the interest of photo science! Still on a quest to shoot the oldest film I can find, I shot this (with my wife operating the Galli shutter) on 8x10 Ansco Plenachrome that expired in 1948. There was some edge fogging and a few emulsion irregularities that I removed in Photoshop, but otherwise the film has fared pretty well. Unfortunately, the focus is off a tad and I moved a tiny bit during the two second exposure. The film is orthochromatic but did not seem to render skin tones as dark as I might have expected, although I am one pale specimen.
Century 10A, 12" f/4.5 Ektar, 8x10 Ansco Plenachrome (expired 1948).
And here is the data sheet from the box of film:
Jonathan
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