Colin Corneau
Colin Corneau
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/07/photographs-from-unused-1949-film/
Quite haunting and beautiful, really.
Quite haunting and beautiful, really.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Those are some neat images...
I bought about 100 rolls of Verichrome that expired around 1956...I tried and tried to get something out of them but wasn't able to...ended up reselling them...the film was still in the original bulk packaging so the boxes were in new condition...
It's good to see that someone was able to get a image out of that film...thanks for the link...
I bought about 100 rolls of Verichrome that expired around 1956...I tried and tried to get something out of them but wasn't able to...ended up reselling them...the film was still in the original bulk packaging so the boxes were in new condition...
It's good to see that someone was able to get a image out of that film...thanks for the link...
Colin Corneau
Colin Corneau
I'm not up on the minutae of chemistry, etc. but I've heard HC-110 is more useful for old and expired film...can't recall the reasoning behind that, but FYI, I guess.
ashfaque
Learning
Colin: I really like them. Thanks for sharing them. 
Tom A
RFF Sponsor
The Verichrome Pan tends to show severe "paper fiber" pattern with age. Seems like the backing paper embeds itself on the back of the film and it is virtually impossible to remove the small fibers!
Oldest film I have done was a 1931 Kodak Black/White (wooden center spool - and nice green paper wrapping). You loaded the film into the cassette and then pulled of the 6" paper sleeve to get the leader. This was 35mm stock on nitride base (no smoking close by!). It had dropped in speed from about 32 iso to between 1 and 0.5 iso. High noon with bright sun gave me 1/30 at f1.4. Biggest problem was the curl of the film - it did not want to be unrolled - and getting it on a developing reel was almost impossible. I used Rodinal - i:50 for 10 minutes. Some flaking emulsion - but otherwise it worked - surprisingly little fog too ( I did add some Benzotroazole to the developer just in case).
Oldest film I have done was a 1931 Kodak Black/White (wooden center spool - and nice green paper wrapping). You loaded the film into the cassette and then pulled of the 6" paper sleeve to get the leader. This was 35mm stock on nitride base (no smoking close by!). It had dropped in speed from about 32 iso to between 1 and 0.5 iso. High noon with bright sun gave me 1/30 at f1.4. Biggest problem was the curl of the film - it did not want to be unrolled - and getting it on a developing reel was almost impossible. I used Rodinal - i:50 for 10 minutes. Some flaking emulsion - but otherwise it worked - surprisingly little fog too ( I did add some Benzotroazole to the developer just in case).
Haigh
Gary Haigh
Marvellous images. I'd like to make shots like that now if I could. Thanks for posting them.
alistair.o
Well-known
I really enjoyed that link - thank you.
RanceEric
The name is Rance
Thanks for sharing! Some interesting photos.
I like these also: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/construction-of-the-eiffel-tower/
I like these also: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/construction-of-the-eiffel-tower/
ChrisLivsey
Veteran
Another thanks for the link. Also I wonder how long before someone sets up a photoshop action to mimic that