1930's film carton?

I just bought this today.......

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A Dover High Speed Pan-Chromatic Film 36ex roll for Leica. ~ expiration dated December 1945.

Tom
 
Seems the vintage film collecting here at RFF has really a snooze, too bad..... :/

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I just picked up a box of this the other day 1947 Dated Kodachrome K135A 20 Exposure Type A - Artificial Light film.

I have an early 1947 one which is 18 exposures, after the summer they must have gone over to 20 exposures, while that's what this one is.

Tom
 
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Here's two more "Leica" films ~ The Ansco color reverse is from 1945 and the Selo/Ilford F.P.2 from 1947.

Seems that in postwar UK/France and Germany, Selo/Ilford films really gave you
"more bang for your buck" back then, while they were already making PRE-PACKED 36 exposure roll 35mm cartridges as early as like 1940/41, while Kodak and other American film companies were still making 20 exposure rolls well into the middle of the 1950's, I don't think Kodak had 36 exposure rolls until the late 1950's?

Tom
 
sebastel said:
contributions very much appreciated.
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No problem, I just wish there were more film collectors out there (well here at RFF) but I do understand, that film this old is extremely hard to find in it's original packaging and when it does turn up it's sometimes very pricey.

Tom
 
when did the selo brand turn into ilford? sorry for not researching myself, but lazily asking instead.

by the way, at my current location, any film is considered vintage, even if it is not yet past it's date. heck, even last years digicams are considered unable to deliver the goods. i could only contribute ilford pan 400 and agfa apx100 to this collection.

:-/
 
I was packing up all my junk yesterday--moving for work--and amongst the random photo stuff I have is an unopened box of Kodak pack film. "Process by Nov. 1952", so not war time. I think it is 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 and Super XX. I will post a photo of it later today.
Not sure what I'm going to do with it...
Rob
EDIT: here's a pic of the box. And I was misremembering the size, the Kodak is bigger than I thought; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4.

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Rob
 
LeicaTom said:
Yeah, that's a really great page about the Selo/Ilford histories....

I figure the "For Leica" marked cartons went from about 1938 to 1949?

Tom
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Hi,

I wish I knew; trouble is the little details that drive us mad were ignored when they were new. It took me years to find a photo taken at the time of a Barnack lens cap, f'instance.

Regards, David
 
A Lesson In Kodachrome Packaging And Exposure Amount Changes 1946/1947

A Lesson In Kodachrome Packaging And Exposure Amount Changes 1946/1947

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Here's a comparison of the WW2 era Kodachrome packaging showing when Kodak went from 18 exposures to 20 exposures.

The carton on the left side or bottom of the photo is a 1946 (expiration dated) of Kodachrome K135 A *Indoor Light* color slide.
The carton on the right or top of photo is a 1947 (expiration dated) carton of the same film.

I just picked up the 20 exposure carton the other day, not realizing that it was a differnet amount of exposures than the box I already had in my collection, so from this we can see that Kodak switched over from 18 exposures to 20 exposures sometime during 1946/7 time frame.

The design changes were very few, the cartons look almost identical. :)

Any Kodachrome cartons that are pre 1958 are pretty rare and very collectible, I'm still looking for a pre 1940 carton and any wartime dated ones for my collection.

Enjoy!

Tom
 
Does anyone know if there is a market for these old films?
Ive got 3x rolls of Agfa ISOPAN (2 in cartons, 1 in tin)
The year, if i remember right, is pre-war.

They look very cool, but its obvious I wouldnt try to shoot any of it!
 
I bought some pre war Agfa Ultraspeed when I developed the film it had images on it...

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So it's not so obvious that you wouldn't try it!
 
Excellent! I may try and expose the loose roll i have. What developer did you use? any tips/tricks on developing film of this age/period?
 
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