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Subject: [Leica] OT Old film development
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Nov 7 00:05:04 2005

Why don't you do a test strip on each roll?
Cut of the first 20cm or so of each roll and develop that?
This way you don't have to throw an entire roll if anything goes wrong, and
it gives you more control per roll: not all 3 of them might be the same.
Just a thought.


> From: Aram Langhans <dnaplasmid@compwrx.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 16:40:22 -0800
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT  Old film development
> 
> Thanks Mike and others.  I guess the thing to do is to sacrifice one roll 
> to
> a development process and see what I find out.
> 
> Nice site.  I might have to find some HC110 to try.  I have Rodinal on hand
> as it is my main developer.
> 
> Aram
> 
> 
>> Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 10:54:38 +0000
>> From: Mike Durling <durling@cox.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT  Old film development
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Message-ID: <436DE0EE.50509@cox.net>
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>> Not sure if this was posted here, but this guy has a lot of experience
>> in developing film that he found in old cameras.  He lists technical
>> details for the film and development.  Seems like he uses HC110 a lot.
>> 
>> http://westfordcomp.com/updated/found.htm
>> 
>> Great site with lots of interesting photos.
>> 
>> Mike D
>> 
>> Aram Langhans wrote:
>>> While going through a drawer in my parent's house I happened upon some
>>> exposed roll film.  The label you lick and close the roll simply says
>>> (in sort of a cursive print) - Panchromatic, Exposed, Made in Belgium.
>>> No film speed.  No brand name.  Yellow paper film backing and white
>>> label.  3 rolls are 127 and one is 120.
>>> 
>>> Any ideas on how I might devlop them?  Anybody remember what that film
>>> might be?  Got to be 20 years old or more.  Any hope of an image?  The
>>> room where it was found does get fairly hot in the summer.
>>> 
>>> Aram
>>> 
> 
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