Hi David. I vaguely recall hearing of DuPont making an SX Panchromatic film
decades ago. Now, this could be my memory fabricating something, but try
widening up your search to include DuPont and see if that helps.
Best regards,
Peter S
On Apr 24, 2019, at 5:17 PM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rose has me re-photographing several thousand slides from her family ...
mostly dating from 1942 onwards.
Among the treasures was a box for a Kodak Retina 1 but inside was not the
camera, but several rolls of film ... some exposed and never developed, two
still "virgin" -- never exposed.
The films were interesting in that the printing on the cassettes is
utilitarian, to say the least.
They are in aluminum cans with slip-on, rather than the later-era screw caps.
Still more intriguing is the film itself. It is Kodak SX PANCHROMATIC.
Normally, I'd ask my friend, Tom Abrahamsson (inventor of the Rapidwinder for
film Leicas) as he was the expert on such things... and also the owner of a
freezer full of Kodak Super XX 35mm movie film. Sadly, Tom is no longer with
us, to ask.
Wikipedia, and every other list of discontinued Kodak films I can find, list
Super XX, but it seems that Kodak SX PANCHROMATIC never existed!
Two photos are here (scroll down):
http://www.furnfeather.ca/look/Kodak_SX.html
Can anybody here shed some light on this film and/or it's era?
Many thanks.
David.
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