need help id this film brand: classic film.....

[david chau]

hello, i just recently aquired a few rolls of bw film, seems like an

eastern euro one, but dont know which one, so quite confused on the

dev times, etc etc

 

first of all it comes in a white container, on the canister itself it

has a sticker for its branding, its orange and white with black text

 

all it says is 'CLASSIC FILM' CLASSIC-PAN 400 NEW

black & white negative film

400asa/27din

 

gives link to www.classicfilm.de

 

can someone give me a guide on dev times, or the where this film is

from or what can i find information on it

[rich815]

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00ELiQ&tag=

 

https://www.jandcphoto.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=14

 

and here:

 

http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html

 

they list all the classic pan films with times, developers, etc. Just find Classic Pan on the drop down list.

[discpad]

Sounds like Foma Classic Pan: Be VERY careful when you load your reels and handle it, especially when wet: The emulsion is VERY soft, and will scratch VERY easily. My advice is to leave it on the reel until it is dry; then take it off the reel.

 

What you'll need to do is use a hardening fixer; but that then entails using a hypo wash to remove the thiosulfates, else you'll need a 30 minute wash to get all the crap out.

[ted_chambers]

I believe it's Forte, not Foma. No doubt you've noticed that the "classicfilm.de" URL comes up "Access forbidden". But it is, as noted above, the J&C film, and the technical information is available at the J&C URL given above.

 

I can't speak to the Foma films, which I haven't used, but the Forte films don't seem unusually delicate to me.

[pete_c__uk_]

Classic Pan 400 and Classic Pan 200 are indeed rebadged Forte films made in Hungary. Forte often gets confused with Foma in the Czech Republic who also make B & W films. There is/was also a Classic Pan 100 which emanates from somewhere else, probably China.