Re: Very old Hit film
David Savage wrote: On 3/16/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: At 11:59 AM 15/03/2007, ann sanfedele wrote: John -- of course when I read your subject line what passed through my mind first was - um - It happened one Night or the 39 Steps :) ann Me too, but the films were Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti Star Wars...you know...classics. g Dave Just a little younger than I am, are ya??? Just a little ;-) The line said VERY old film... I picked ones from the decade I was born in Yeah. Me too :-) Dave __ GRRR! ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Very old Hit film
On 3/16/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: At 11:59 AM 15/03/2007, ann sanfedele wrote: John -- of course when I read your subject line what passed through my mind first was - um - It happened one Night or the 39 Steps :) ann Me too, but the films were Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti Star Wars...you know...classics. g Dave Just a little younger than I am, are ya??? Just a little ;-) The line said VERY old film... I picked ones from the decade I was born in Yeah. Me too :-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Very old Hit film
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
RE: Very old Hit film
From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/15 Thu AM 05:38:12 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Very old Hit film Hi John You could ask Gene M. on www.photo.net in the classic camera section. He find lots of old cameras with exposed film inside and develops it. He has a very entertaining website as well at http://westfordcomp.com/holga/index.html. greetings Markus The essence of photography? http://westfordcomp.com/foundfilm/overton/Overtonpark.html - 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
Re: Very old Hit film
On Mar 15, 2007, at 0:38, Markus Maurer wrote: Hi John You could ask Gene M. on www.photo.net in the classic camera section. He find lots of old cameras with exposed film inside and develops it. He has a very entertaining website as well at http://westfordcomp.com/holga/index.html. Absolutely fascinating! Thanks for that link. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org I am riding in the MS-TRAM this summer. Please consider sponsoring me! http://charles.robinsontwins.org/mstram.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Very old Hit film
David Savage wrote: At 11:59 AM 15/03/2007, ann sanfedele wrote: John -- of course when I read your subject line what passed through my mind first was - um - It happened one Night or the 39 Steps :) ann Me too, but the films were Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti Star Wars...you know...classics. g Dave Just a little younger than I am, are ya??? The line said VERY old film... I picked ones from the decade I was born in :) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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 -- 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
Re: Very old Hit film
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
Re: Very old Hit film
John -- of course when I read your subject line what passed through my mind first was - um - It happened one Night or the 39 Steps :) ann 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
Re: Very old Hit film
At 11:59 AM 15/03/2007, ann sanfedele wrote: John -- of course when I read your subject line what passed through my mind first was - um - It happened one Night or the 39 Steps :) ann Me too, but the films were Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti Star Wars...you know...classics. g Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Very old Hit film
Hi John You could ask Gene M. on www.photo.net in the classic camera section. He find lots of old cameras with exposed film inside and develops it. He has a very entertaining website as well at http://westfordcomp.com/holga/index.html. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Celio Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:35 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 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 -- 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
