> > From: "John Celio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/15 Thu AM 02:35:24 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Very old Hit film > > 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
Make more sense to respool some modern film? ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
