Interesting article, Peter!
I, too, would not be surprised if DuPont had supplied products to Kodak. In
this case, I'm thinking not ... if only because the film canister clearly
states "Made in USA by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester New York." - something
Kodak only put on products they actually made, as opposed to those they sold
under the Kodak name.
The very basic labeling hints at a contracted supply, perhaps to the US
military during WWII. But, that's just a guess.
Thanks for the research!
David.
While there's no direct mention of DuPont doing it, it would not be------
unheard of for DuPont to have acted as a vendor/supplier to Kodak for
certain specific product lines, as in our case the SX Panchromatic.
It?s perhaps a stretch of credulity but take a look at the link below
and give it some consideration.
http://www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/1924_b_detail.html#more
Name: DuPont SX PAN panchromatic Photographic Film SXPAN Origin: Made
in USA Manufacturer: E.I. Du Pont de Nemours
On Apr 24, 2019, at 7:29 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Interesting. Hope you find info on them. When I started, I thought
you were going to ask for info on how to develop the exposed rolls. I
found some old film in my parent's house and developed them. Got some
usable images off them. I think I would do it differently now, so if
you plan on developing them and want my ideas let me know.
Aram
On 4/24/2019 2:17 PM, David Young 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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