Old rangefinders and old film

ernie

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When we go off on one of our photo trips we usually take along some of the old cameras from our collection. Last weekend we took along a Zeiss Super Ikonta 532/16 folding rangefinder and a Voigtlander Perkeo III ( the rare rangefinder Perkeo). We loaded the cameras with some Kodak VHC 120 which had an expiry date of 1988; yes 1988 !.

The film has been in the freezer since we got it a couple of years ago but where it was stored before that we have no idea.

The film was developed in a Jobo Processor for the usual 3min 15sec using Patterson Photocolour II.

We were more than pleased and a little suprised that anything came out. Every frame was okay though a little overexposed. The negs were scanned and run through photoshop to remove the film grain etc.

Below are a couple of the photographs taken; one from each camera. Not bad for film that is 20 years out of date.
 

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You were lucky...

I got some Kodachrome 64 that had been stored for less than that, and I got a slightly bluish cast in all my slides. I guess if it had been print film the printer would have corrected it.

Seems to me this film is really resilient. Good job! 🙂
 
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