ancient plates developing

Dear Sirs,

I am a new member of this list. I'm a Spanish photographer based in
Barcelona.
I am intending to process some ancient plates exposed perhaps in the
early 20th century. Those are stereoscopic plates which were in three
magasins, together with a French camera made in the first years of
that century. There is no information neither about the emulsion,
neither about when they were exposed. I can only presume it is
orthochromatic negative, which allows to process under red light. I
can also presume this three magasins haven't been preserved in the
best conditions.
I would like to contact somebody familiar in this subject, who may
help me in this process. Since I only have three plates, I can't do
too many tests.
I would really thank anybody to help me.

Ricard

On 1 Nov 2004 04:02:41 -0800, (Ricard) wrote:

Dear Sirs,

I am a new member of this list. I'm a Spanish photographer based in
Barcelona.
I am intending to process some ancient plates exposed perhaps in the
early 20th century. Those are stereoscopic plates which were in three
magasins, together with a French camera made in the first years of
that century. There is no information neither about the emulsion,
neither about when they were exposed. I can only presume it is
orthochromatic negative, which allows to process under red light. I
can also presume this three magasins haven't been preserved in the
best conditions.
I would like to contact somebody familiar in this subject, who may
help me in this process. Since I only have three plates, I can't do
too many tests.
I would really thank anybody to help me.

Ricard

http://www.filmrescue.com/


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Vote "No! for the status quo. Vote 3rd party !!

On 1 Nov 2004 04:02:41 -0800, (Ricard) wrote:

Dear Sirs,

I am a new member of this list. I'm a Spanish photographer based in
Barcelona.
I am intending to process some ancient plates exposed perhaps in the
early 20th century. Those are stereoscopic plates which were in three
magasins, together with a French camera made in the first years of
that century. There is no information neither about the emulsion,
neither about when they were exposed. I can only presume it is
orthochromatic negative, which allows to process under red light. I
can also presume this three magasins haven't been preserved in the
best conditions.
I would like to contact somebody familiar in this subject, who may
help me in this process. Since I only have three plates, I can't do
too many tests.
I would really thank anybody to help me.

Ricard

http://www.filmrescue.com/


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Vote "No! for the status quo. Vote 3rd party !!

Thank you for the information about filmrecue site.
On one hand, I think that (at least in my case) it is better to leave
the plates into specialist hands. It seems they don't usually process
glass plates. I have send them the information I have concerning my
plates, and I hope to have their answer soon.
On the other, I am still hesitating however: I am thinking probably is
better -or the minor evil- to put the plates in jeopardy in my own lab
(with the advice of a specialist) than to send them for a long
journey.

Ricard

http://www.filmrescue.com/


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Vote "No! for the status quo. Vote 3rd party !!

Thank you for the information about filmrecue site.
On one hand, I think that (at least in my case) it is better to leave
the plates into specialist hands. It seems they don't usually process
glass plates. I have send them the information I have concerning my
plates, and I hope to have their answer soon.
On the other, I am still hesitating however: I am thinking probably is
better -or the minor evil- to put the plates in jeopardy in my own lab
(with the advice of a specialist) than to send them for a long
journey.

Ricard

http://www.filmrescue.com/


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Vote "No! for the status quo. Vote 3rd party !!

On 3 Nov 2004 05:12:38 -0800, (Ricard) wrote:

Thank you for the information about filmrecue site.
On one hand, I think that (at least in my case) it is better to leave
the plates into specialist hands. It seems they don't usually process
glass plates. I have send them the information I have concerning my
plates, and I hope to have their answer soon.
On the other, I am still hesitating however: I am thinking probably is
better -or the minor evil- to put the plates in jeopardy in my own lab
(with the advice of a specialist) than to send them for a long
journey.

Ricard

http://www.filmrescue.com/


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Vote "No! for the status quo. Vote 3rd party !!

Since you may be doing them yourself, you might want to look into
using a Glycin stand type developer or one of the low temperature
Arctic developers once recommended by Kodak.

John, Richard?

Robert Vervoordt, MFA

On 3 Nov 2004 05:12:38 -0800, (Ricard) wrote:

Thank you for the information about filmrecue site.
On one hand, I think that (at least in my case) it is better to leave
the plates into specialist hands. It seems they don't usually process
glass plates. I have send them the information I have concerning my
plates, and I hope to have their answer soon.
On the other, I am still hesitating however: I am thinking probably is
better -or the minor evil- to put the plates in jeopardy in my own lab
(with the advice of a specialist) than to send them for a long
journey.

Ricard

http://www.filmrescue.com/


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Vote "No! for the status quo. Vote 3rd party !!

Since you may be doing them yourself, you might want to look into
using a Glycin stand type developer or one of the low temperature
Arctic developers once recommended by Kodak.

John, Richard?

Robert Vervoordt, MFA

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 10:30:46 -0500, Robert Vervoordt
wrote:


Since you may be doing them yourself, you might want to look into
using a Glycin stand type developer or one of the low temperature
Arctic developers once recommended by Kodak.

John, Richard?

I like glycin formulas but I think in this case it's a job for
filmrescue really. Something like this should probably use
development-by-inspection which is not something to tinker with. Of
course a good stand developer for this might be Microphen 1:9.


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Next time vote "No! for the status quo and vote 3rd party !!

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 10:30:46 -0500, Robert Vervoordt
wrote:


Since you may be doing them yourself, you might want to look into
using a Glycin stand type developer or one of the low temperature
Arctic developers once recommended by Kodak.

John, Richard?

I like glycin formulas but I think in this case it's a job for
filmrescue really. Something like this should probably use
development-by-inspection which is not something to tinker with. Of
course a good stand developer for this might be Microphen 1:9.


Regards,

John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org
Next time vote "No! for the status quo and vote 3rd party !!