Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-15 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=Tasma&Developer=&mdc=Search http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=Svema&Developer=&mdc=Search http://thedarkroom.com/black-and-white-prints-and-film-developing/ Hope this helps. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Hi

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-15 Thread P. J. Alling
Digital truth shall reveal all. http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=Tasma&Developer=&mdc=Search&TempUnits=C http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=Svema&Developer=&mdc=Search&TempUnits=C Constantly updated. It may not take into account the age of the film but it's a starting

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-15 Thread P. J. Alling
It looks like Darin sent you a couple of the same links that i did. One thing you might look into is anti fogging agents. Not sure where I'd look them up, but a good public library "might" still have some books on the esoterica of darkroom work. On 7/15/2014 4:29 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: H

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
You need to get a strip test done on each roll to establish the correct processing. Pro labs used to do this, but are there any left? > On 15 Jul 2014, at 21:30, "Igor Roshchin" wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I discovered a few rolls of undeveloped B&W film that are 20-some years > old that I shot

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-15 Thread Matthew Hunt
It looks like A&I still does snip tests: http://aandi.com/film-processing A&I was my lab of choice for slide film when I lived in LA. (I did my own B&W.) Rocky Mountain Film Lab is a name I've heard over the years for developing old film, but I haven't used them: http://www.rockymountainfilm.co

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-15 Thread Stan Halpin
There is an app for that. Seriously. I don't have it loaded anymore, but I did at one point have an iPhone app that had development times etc for huge varieties of film with many different chemicals. Once I realized how slim the chances were that I might actually once again develop any film, it

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-15 Thread John
Igor, In your situation, I'd want a lab where I can talk to the technician & get a feel for if they're going to give the kind of custom service you want (i.e. adjust the development time per the instructions on the box + whatever accommodation they have to make for the film being old). For me, th

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-15 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thanks to everybody who responded with suggestions. Darren and P.J., - thanks, - I had not known that resource, it's useful. It looks like the optimum process for both films would be Rodinal. Stan, - thanks, - but it looks like the information on the pages linked by Darren and P.J. is sufficient

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-16 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > I am considering A&I as a candidate. Even though they don't use > Rodinal, but X-Tol, given the age of the film, I don't think it would > make a big difference... Honestly, in your situation, I would prefer Xtol. Rodinal is a very fine-gra

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-16 Thread Igor Roshchin
Matthew, Thaks for sharing your thoughts. I don't have a strong preference, but what I saw (after sending the previous message) is the note on DigitalTruth about Xtol used with Svema FN64: http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?devrow=5012 "User reports poor results with this combination, test

Re: Developing old B&W film -- need help

2014-07-16 Thread Mark C
I developed a few rolls of ~20 year old film a while back. I only tried Rodinal and D-76. Hands down, Rodinal produced much less fog. The old rolls of Plus-X, developed in Rodinal at standard times plus 10%, looked as good as new. Tri-X showed some fog. I had one roll of HIE and it it degraded