[pure-silver] Re: AGE OF FILM; O.K., HOW ABOUT YOU YOUNG AND RESTLESS? was QUESTION FOR YOU SUPERANNUATED LIST MEMBERS

  • From: Gerald Koch <gerald.koch@xxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:13:41 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Bob,
 
Digging well back into the stone-age the first Kodak 35mm film that I ever 
bought came with color coded metal lids (browm - Pan-X, blue? or purple? - 
Plus-X, green - Tri-X).  Next the color coded lids were dropped for just yellow 
lids with yellow cans.  Next the cans became aluminum.  Next the lids were 
silver metal and fially the lids became aluminum.  The painted lids and cans 
were always steel.  .
 
As far as cassettes go brown+black was used for Pan-X, purple+yellow was used 
for Plus-X and green+yellow was used for Tri-X.
 
As you may have guessed I was never a fan of Plus-X and used either Pan-X or 
Tri-X.
 
It's been a very long time but I think the information is mostly accurate.  I 
still have many of these cans and cherish them.
 
Jerryr 
--- On Thu, 7/26/12, BOB KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: BOB KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] AGE OF FILM; O.K., HOW ABOUT YOU YOUNG AND RESTLESS? was 
QUESTION FOR YOU SUPERANNUATED LIST MEMBERS
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 1:36 PM









DEAR PURE SILVER,
            In response to my post to the list below, the silence was 
deafening!  So how about you younger members…can anyone help me find an 
approximate age of this film?
                                    CHEERS!
                                                BOB
 




From: BOB KISS [mailto:bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:50 AM
To: 'pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: QUESTION FOR YOU SUPERANNUATED LIST MEMBERS
 
DEAR SUPERANNUATED LIST MEMBERS (I resemble this remark!)
            I discovered a metal film can (yellow top, buff silver can) holding 
a roll of exposed Plus-X.  The surprise is that the film cassette is a warm 
brown color with classical Kodak yellow printing on it and the top and bottom 
caps are buff silver.  I think it must be rather old because I cannot remember 
anything except yellow, black, green, and blue Kodak film cassettes.  I seem to 
recall that, when I started photography at age 11 using my Dad’s old Federal 
enlarger and Bakelite film tank, he had some old cassettes that were this same 
color.  
            Sooooooooooooooo, my question is, does anyone have any idea, or 
even better, documentation/evidence of how old this film might be?
                                    CHEERS!
                                                BOB
 
 Please check my website: http://www.bobkiss.com/ 
 
"Live as if you are going to die tomorrow.  Learn as if you are going to live 
forever".  Mahatma Gandhi
 
“Madonne e fiori, trionfo eterno di gioventù!”  from Mattinata Fiorentina by 
Antonella Ruggiero
 
 


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