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A new film from Kodak.
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
I forgot: the film came in metal cans with a screw-cap on them, with a trace of rubber-like compound where the cap touched the top of the can. You forgot the most important part. You could open the cassettes by banging them on a table, and then re-use them. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM |
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A new film from Kodak.
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Jean-David Beyer wrote: I forgot: the film came in metal cans with a screw-cap on them, with a trace of rubber-like compound where the cap touched the top of the can. You forgot the most important part. You could open the cassettes by banging them on a table, and then re-use them. I am not that old. The ones from Kodak that I remember were always crimped on, so you had to remove them with a "church key." I do remember doing that with Ilford film, though. I have a bunch of plastic cassettes with a screw-on cap that I reload. But I do not shoot a lot of 35mm anymore. And I load sheet film holders by hand. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 08:45:01 up 22 days, 9:47, 3 users, load average: 4.39, 4.25, 4.25 |
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A new film from Kodak.
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Toni Nikkanen wrote: Jean-David Beyer writes: I guess I should start thinking of myself as an old-timer. I remember when D-76 and such came in metal cans Ha, I live in Turku, Finland, and we have a store here that sells D-76 in metal cans, and pretty close to 10 different kinds of B&W films in 135 and 120 sizes. I can remember them because the last time I saw them was Tuesday. Does that make me old? Probably just the stuff you are looking at.....although with the cold weather there, certainly usable. With global warming you might want to start making use of it -- Reality is a picture perfected and never looking back. |
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A new film from Kodak.
Jean-David Beyer writes:
Yes; at least, honorarily old. It also makes your photo store old. I think Kodak stopped putting developers in metal cans in the very early 1970s, so your stuff, if Kodak, is very old. Since they were sealed in cans, they may still be good. Actually I went there just 15 mins ago to get some Optima 400 (220) film developed and asked about the D-76. I took a look at the can and while I could not find any dates on it, I got some hints. It was made in Paris; it's 5L instead of the 3.8L, so it's certainly a made for Europe-version. It had the phone number of Kodak Finland on it, and it was in the newer phone number format what we started using some time in the 90's. So I would assume it's made in the 1990's or it could be even newer. The salesperson said she's been working at that store for 15 years and during that time they've always had D-76 in those metal cans. This different versions for each continent thing is funny; there's supposedly an European version of HC-110 that's already somewhat diluted, but I've never seen it. Just the regular strong syrup in 1L bottles. Nice stuff, that. |
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A new film from Kodak.
Toni Nikkanen wrote:
Jean-David Beyer writes: Yes; at least, honorarily old. It also makes your photo store old. I think Kodak stopped putting developers in metal cans in the very early 1970s, so your stuff, if Kodak, is very old. Since they were sealed in cans, they may still be good. Actually I went there just 15 mins ago to get some Optima 400 (220) film developed and asked about the D-76. I took a look at the can and while I could not find any dates on it, I got some hints. It was made in Paris; it's 5L instead of the 3.8L, so it's certainly a made for Europe-version. It had the phone number of Kodak Finland on it, and it was in the newer phone number format what we started using some time in the 90's. So I would assume it's made in the 1990's or it could be even newer. The salesperson said she's been working at that store for 15 years and during that time they've always had D-76 in those metal cans. As far as i can tell from the cans of D-76 sitting on my shelf (also made in Paris), there's numbers stamped on the bottom which i would read as maonth and year as production as mine read 0495 and 0897, so April 1995 and August 1997. This different versions for each continent thing is funny; there's supposedly an European version of HC-110 that's already somewhat diluted, but I've never seen it. Just the regular strong syrup in 1L bottles. Nice stuff, that. Well, i can understand that with the cans, as most europeans aren't used to quarts and gallons but rather to litres, so a can to make 5L seems just more convenient to me than one to make a gallon or one quart or something like that. As long as the dilution needed stays the same, i wouldn't care. Yours, Florian |
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