[pure-silver] Re: Unknown film
- From: Bill <billtech@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:17:36 -0400
I didn't know Fine Grain Positive came in shed form; I've only used it in 35mm.
In that format, it was used to make release prints from Hollywood negatives and
was very inexpensive. I think I paid about $4.00 for a 100' roll back in the
60's. It could be developed in almost anything, but there was a certain
developer (DK-50? sorry, don't recall for sure) to use if you wanted to make
high-contrast shots (of line drawings, for example).
I used it in the camera for fun - the neat thing is that it *was* fine-grain. I
used to flip my enlarger around to shoot at the floor, rather than the
baseboard, and in a print which would have been 2x3 feet (if I'd had paper that
size) there was absolutely NO sign of grain!
The tradeoff was two sided. First, it definitely is blue-sensitive. Shooting
outdoors, if I included 1/16" of sky at the top of a shot, it would bleed jet
black completely across the sprockets! Second, as I recall, the daylight ASA
rating worked out to be about 1.2. Yes, one point two. Ten seconds or so in
bright sunlight. But the lack of grain was soooo much fun. It was discontinued
(at least in consumer-size rolls) at least 20 years ago.
Enjoy! (10x12, cut to 8x10, should allow some 20-foot wide grainless prints!)
-Bill
On Mar 20, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Martin magid <martin.magid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I bought a couple of very old boxes of Kodak large format film at the MiPHS
> Trade Fair last week, $1 each box, and I can't find info on them.
>
> The first is 10X12 in., Kodak Fine Grain Positive film, dated 1969. On the
> box it's describes as a low speed blue sensitive emulsion, to be used for
> copying, not for general camera work. Development can be done in Dektol,
> Versatol or D-11. Was this film used to make transparencies for
> over-the-head projectors?
>
> The second is 8X 10 in. Kodak LS Pan film, dated 1970. The number on it is
> "4160 Thick".
>
> I haven't opened either box to see if they contain data or instructions --
> both have been opened and resealed. I can't find anything about them in my
> old 8th ed. of the Photo-Lab Index. Does anyone know anything about the film
> speeds of these films, or developing times? I don't expect to get very much
> of an image from either one, but for a buck they were hard to leave.
>
> Marty
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