leah_knapton Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 i recently purchased an old brownie hawkeye flash model and three unopened boxed of kodak verichrome pan 620 fim at a garage sale ($2!). upon taking the camera apart and seeing that it was in excellent condition decided to try shooting the old film. now my issue is how to develop the film. the film has been expired for thirty years and i totally understand that i may have absolutely nothing here. im just curious which developer to use to reduce fog and developing times to go with it. any suggestions would be awesome, i have pretty much unlimited resources. thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy s. Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Well have I got a deal for you.... Just send me the film and your "unlimited resources" and I will take care of this for your right away.... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ole_tjugen Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 When in doubt, 10 minutes in D-76. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 The resident expert here: Gene, said the other day that he develops the film just like modern film. So if he had new Tri-X and old Tri-X, that he'd treat them the same way. The next problem is finding a 620 reel to load it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 620 film is the same as 120 film, so no special reel is required; the only thing that differed was the spool size. I believe Gene uses HC110 which is one of the best developers that helps keep the base fog down. You would also double the original development time in order to compensate for lost sensitivity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank.schifano Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Whatever you do, DO NOT throw the old 620 spools away. They can be hard to come by these days. You can easily rewind a standard 120 roll onto that old 620 spool. Plus-X on a bright day and Tri-X when it's a little dark works out pretty well for me in an old Kodak folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene m Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 What Ole said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripanfal Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Would it be wise to overexpose due to the loss of speed over the years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfophotos Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Youy can't "overexpose" in a Brownie Hawkeye -- there is Instant (about 1/60) and "bulb" -- what you get is what you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markplawchan Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 "Unlimited resources"...Hmmm. Leah, you don't happen to own a liquor store also, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leah_knapton Posted December 23, 2006 Author Share Posted December 23, 2006 thank you so much for all your suggestions! ill do d76 for ten minutes and see what happens! if i get any good results ill post them here! (ps i wish i owned a liquor store =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripanfal Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Overexpose as in steady the camera on an rock and click the shutter more than once. Cumulative exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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