Fun with old film

I visited family last weekend and brought some old
family pictures back with me to see if I might be
able to do some new prints from some old (mainly early
1960s) negatives and slides.

The negatives are all 6x9. The film only says "Kodak
Safety Film" along the edge; not sure exactly what kind
it would be. I've got both black and white and colour
negatives to play with. They have all survived well.
There were some back and white negatives that look
like they were either grossly underexposed, or have
since faded (how?). There are no edge markings on
these, but they have a faint purple base colour that
the Kodak negatives don't have.

I've done some prints from the black and white negatives,
and they're beautiful. The film grain is modest,
reminding me of Tri-X. The prints look a lot like
prints from old-technology films (e.g. FP-4). Or,
for that matter, Tri-X. :-)

I'm pleased. My Mom looked so young (22) when she was
pregnant with me...sigh.

Once I'm tired of printing black and white I'll try
some colour prints. I assume the film was C-22, not
C-41, but it looks just like modern colour negative
film, so it shouldn't be difficult to print. Again,
all it says on it is "Kodak Safety Film".

Later in the decade my Dad discovered slide film.
Most of the slides are Kodachrome, and they have
stood up well. Ilfochrome should do just fine.
Many of the slides could have been shot yesterday.
Except for those hip 1960s clothes, of course. :-)

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

Uzytkownik "Laura Halliday" napisal w
wiadomosci
I visited family last weekend and brought some old
family pictures back with me to see if I might be
able to do some new prints from some old (mainly early
1960s) negatives and slides.
Lucky you

Once I'm tired of printing black and white I'll try
some colour prints. I assume the film was C-22, not
C-41, but it looks just like modern colour negative
film, so it shouldn't be difficult to print. Again,
all it says on it is "Kodak Safety Film".
Do you print color yourself?
Two years I've actually bought a package of old film - Kodak
Ektachrome High Speed (160), with expiry in 1977 I also had my
Grandma's camera, a point and shoot from the 1960's. As the process
was different than the current E-6, I decided to have the films
cross-processed. I now scan the negatives and take them to a lab for
printing, for me it's the only way. They've come out beautifully!

Regards,
Magdalena

Uzytkownik "Laura Halliday" napisal w
wiadomosci
I visited family last weekend and brought some old
family pictures back with me to see if I might be
able to do some new prints from some old (mainly early
1960s) negatives and slides.
Lucky you

Once I'm tired of printing black and white I'll try
some colour prints. I assume the film was C-22, not
C-41, but it looks just like modern colour negative
film, so it shouldn't be difficult to print. Again,
all it says on it is "Kodak Safety Film".
Do you print color yourself?
Two years I've actually bought a package of old film - Kodak
Ektachrome High Speed (160), with expiry in 1977 I also had my
Grandma's camera, a point and shoot from the 1960's. As the process
was different than the current E-6, I decided to have the films
cross-processed. I now scan the negatives and take them to a lab for
printing, for me it's the only way. They've come out beautifully!

Regards,
Magdalena

Uzytkownik "Laura Halliday" napisal w
wiadomosci
I visited family last weekend and brought some old
family pictures back with me to see if I might be
able to do some new prints from some old (mainly early
1960s) negatives and slides.
Lucky you

Once I'm tired of printing black and white I'll try
some colour prints. I assume the film was C-22, not
C-41, but it looks just like modern colour negative
film, so it shouldn't be difficult to print. Again,
all it says on it is "Kodak Safety Film".
Do you print color yourself?
Two years I've actually bought a package of old film - Kodak
Ektachrome High Speed (160), with expiry in 1977 I also had my
Grandma's camera, a point and shoot from the 1960's. As the process
was different than the current E-6, I decided to have the films
cross-processed. I now scan the negatives and take them to a lab for
printing, for me it's the only way. They've come out beautifully!

Regards,
Magdalena

"Laura Halliday" wrote in message
m...
I visited family last weekend and brought some old
family pictures back with me to see if I might be
able to do some new prints from some old (mainly early
1960s) negatives and slides.

The negatives are all 6x9. The film only says "Kodak
Safety Film" along the edge; not sure exactly what kind
it would be. I've got both black and white and colour
negatives to play with. They have all survived well.
There were some back and white negatives that look
like they were either grossly underexposed, or have
since faded (how?). There are no edge markings on
these, but they have a faint purple base colour that
the Kodak negatives don't have.

I've done some prints from the black and white negatives,
and they're beautiful. The film grain is modest,
reminding me of Tri-X. The prints look a lot like
prints from old-technology films (e.g. FP-4). Or,
for that matter, Tri-X. :-)

I'm pleased. My Mom looked so young (22) when she was
pregnant with me...sigh.


Ahh... I used to work in a black and white lab printing from medium format
film. Around the run up to Christmas we used to get lots of old negatives
sent in to us for printing. The old ones produced gorgeous images. They had
a lovely look to them.

Simon.

"Laura Halliday" wrote in message
m...
I visited family last weekend and brought some old
family pictures back with me to see if I might be
able to do some new prints from some old (mainly early
1960s) negatives and slides.

The negatives are all 6x9. The film only says "Kodak
Safety Film" along the edge; not sure exactly what kind
it would be. I've got both black and white and colour
negatives to play with. They have all survived well.
There were some back and white negatives that look
like they were either grossly underexposed, or have
since faded (how?). There are no edge markings on
these, but they have a faint purple base colour that
the Kodak negatives don't have.

I've done some prints from the black and white negatives,
and they're beautiful. The film grain is modest,
reminding me of Tri-X. The prints look a lot like
prints from old-technology films (e.g. FP-4). Or,
for that matter, Tri-X. :-)

I'm pleased. My Mom looked so young (22) when she was
pregnant with me...sigh.


Ahh... I used to work in a black and white lab printing from medium format
film. Around the run up to Christmas we used to get lots of old negatives
sent in to us for printing. The old ones produced gorgeous images. They had
a lovely look to them.

Simon.

"Magdalena W." wrote in message ...

Do you print color yourself?

Yes.

I use the same Fuji Crystal Archive paper the
minilabs use (albeit in 8x10 sheets), and process
it in Agfa RA-4 chemistry in a Jobo CPE-2 processor.
Both my enlargers (Durst L1000, Saunders/LPL 670)
have dichroic heads, which makes colour easy.

Ilfochrome prints (from slides) are spectacular
and easy to do. But with the cost of Ilfochrome
media and chemistry, you have to be really choosy
about what you print.

A lot of my colour work is astrophotography, so
colour balance isn't as critical as it is when
printing pictures of people.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

"Magdalena W." wrote in message ...

Do you print color yourself?

Yes.

I use the same Fuji Crystal Archive paper the
minilabs use (albeit in 8x10 sheets), and process
it in Agfa RA-4 chemistry in a Jobo CPE-2 processor.
Both my enlargers (Durst L1000, Saunders/LPL 670)
have dichroic heads, which makes colour easy.

Ilfochrome prints (from slides) are spectacular
and easy to do. But with the cost of Ilfochrome
media and chemistry, you have to be really choosy
about what you print.

A lot of my colour work is astrophotography, so
colour balance isn't as critical as it is when
printing pictures of people.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

The Kodak is most likely Verichrome Pan nice and until recently still
available in 120--sigh.

The "generic" may be GAF or ANSCO both pretty common in the 60's.

--
darkroommike

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"Laura Halliday" wrote in message
m...
I visited family last weekend and brought some old
family pictures back with me to see if I might be
able to do some new prints from some old (mainly early
1960s) negatives and slides.

The negatives are all 6x9. The film only says "Kodak
Safety Film" along the edge; not sure exactly what kind
it would be. I've got both black and white and colour
negatives to play with. They have all survived well.
There were some back and white negatives that look
like they were either grossly underexposed, or have
since faded (how?). There are no edge markings on
these, but they have a faint purple base colour that
the Kodak negatives don't have.

I've done some prints from the black and white negatives,
and they're beautiful. The film grain is modest,
reminding me of Tri-X. The prints look a lot like
prints from old-technology films (e.g. FP-4). Or,
for that matter, Tri-X. :-)

I'm pleased. My Mom looked so young (22) when she was
pregnant with me...sigh.

Once I'm tired of printing black and white I'll try
some colour prints. I assume the film was C-22, not
C-41, but it looks just like modern colour negative
film, so it shouldn't be difficult to print. Again,
all it says on it is "Kodak Safety Film".

Later in the decade my Dad discovered slide film.
Most of the slides are Kodachrome, and they have
stood up well. Ilfochrome should do just fine.
Many of the slides could have been shot yesterday.
Except for those hip 1960s clothes, of course. :-)

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

The Kodak is most likely Verichrome Pan nice and until recently still
available in 120--sigh.

The "generic" may be GAF or ANSCO both pretty common in the 60's.

--
darkroommike

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"Laura Halliday" wrote in message
m...
I visited family last weekend and brought some old
family pictures back with me to see if I might be
able to do some new prints from some old (mainly early
1960s) negatives and slides.

The negatives are all 6x9. The film only says "Kodak
Safety Film" along the edge; not sure exactly what kind
it would be. I've got both black and white and colour
negatives to play with. They have all survived well.
There were some back and white negatives that look
like they were either grossly underexposed, or have
since faded (how?). There are no edge markings on
these, but they have a faint purple base colour that
the Kodak negatives don't have.

I've done some prints from the black and white negatives,
and they're beautiful. The film grain is modest,
reminding me of Tri-X. The prints look a lot like
prints from old-technology films (e.g. FP-4). Or,
for that matter, Tri-X. :-)

I'm pleased. My Mom looked so young (22) when she was
pregnant with me...sigh.

Once I'm tired of printing black and white I'll try
some colour prints. I assume the film was C-22, not
C-41, but it looks just like modern colour negative
film, so it shouldn't be difficult to print. Again,
all it says on it is "Kodak Safety Film".

Later in the decade my Dad discovered slide film.
Most of the slides are Kodachrome, and they have
stood up well. Ilfochrome should do just fine.
Many of the slides could have been shot yesterday.
Except for those hip 1960s clothes, of course. :-)

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte