Rick L
25-Feb-2021, 16:11
I just bought 3 1920's boxes of Kodak sheet film - hand dated as opened in Oct 1928-
most of the film is still in there, in layers of wrapping - of course no way to know if it has been opened carelessly in 90+ years
I did find it interesting that the spec sheet in there gives times for D-76 formula processing
there is no film speed shown on the box - I expect it was slow to start with
one box says Panchromatic, another Panchromatic super sensitive and the other says Portrait super speed
the boxes are in great condition - and that's the reason I got them - for display with the old cameras
but I figure what the heck- I'll try a couple sheets -
my thought is to shoot a high contrast image - with a fairly long exposure - maybe meter at a speed of 25 - and then give it a couple stops more
then cut the film into 5 strips and try extending the process time a few minutes for each strip to see what I get - sort of like a test strip when printing
not really expecting much out of it- but it will be fun to try
any suggestions? what is the oldest film you have tried?
most of the film is still in there, in layers of wrapping - of course no way to know if it has been opened carelessly in 90+ years
I did find it interesting that the spec sheet in there gives times for D-76 formula processing
there is no film speed shown on the box - I expect it was slow to start with
one box says Panchromatic, another Panchromatic super sensitive and the other says Portrait super speed
the boxes are in great condition - and that's the reason I got them - for display with the old cameras
but I figure what the heck- I'll try a couple sheets -
my thought is to shoot a high contrast image - with a fairly long exposure - maybe meter at a speed of 25 - and then give it a couple stops more
then cut the film into 5 strips and try extending the process time a few minutes for each strip to see what I get - sort of like a test strip when printing
not really expecting much out of it- but it will be fun to try
any suggestions? what is the oldest film you have tried?