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    old - very old film

    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?

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    Re: old - very old film

    I have a couple threads on using even older film and plates

    Perhaps I can find them here, I will look later

    You are on the right track

    I am excited to see what you do!
    Tin Can

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    Re: old - very old film

    thanks - I'll read through them

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    Re: old - very old film

    I would suggest that you take an unexposed sheet and process it to see what the fog level is like, if it is relatively clear, make some photos with it. HC110 would be a good developer for the test.

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    Re: old - very old film

    My avatar fedora to the left was also shot on very old plate

    The hat got 10 full power Einstein pops
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