I would soup it in D-76 straight up for 9 minutes at 70 degrees F. If it's outdated, that will pump it up a bit. If it's in good condition, it will be just slightly overdeveloped, and you'll be able to print it nicely by using a 1 paper or 1 filter with multigrade paper. Paul On Mar 14, 2007, at 10:35 PM, John Celio wrote:
> At an antique/flea market I stumbled upon last sunday, I found a box > of six > rolls of "panchromatic Hit film." Here's a box just like it on eBay, > for > illustrative purposes: http://tinyurl.com/2vedp3 > > Hit cameras are tiny little novelty items from just after the end of > WWII > (http://www.subclub.org/shop/175mm.htm). I'm assuming this means the > film > is very old, but the box does not have a date on it where it says > "Develop > before". Apparently some companies still make this stuff, but there's > no > way to tell the age of this film. > > I'm considering loading a roll in my little HIT camera and trying it > out. > Only problem is, I have no idea how to develop film like this. > > Does anyone have any info on developing very old film like this > (chemistry, > temps, etc)? I realize I may get nothing but a fogged blob in my > photos, > but I think it'll be a fun experiment. > > Thanks, > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
