need help with found film/ iso?/color or b&w?/

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>these are some pics of a medium format film that i have found in an old camera. if anybody can tell me about the ISO and if it is a color or b&w film i would be very grateful.<br /> thanks</p><div></div>

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>...</p><div></div>

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>3</p><div></div>

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>4</p><div></div>

[richard_oleson]

<p>That looks very much like a roll of film that I found in a prewar Super Ikonta - it was black & white, I don't know the ISO but I developed it as if it was Tri-X and came out with some photos that had been taken in Russia in the early 1960s. You can see one of them here:</p>

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[vinny_walsh]

<p>jesus, don't unroll any more of it! </p>

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>"...I don't know the ISO but I developed it as if it was Tri-X..."</p>

<p>can you please be more precise?</p>

 

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>:) i didn't :) . at the time when i found it it was in an camera loaded until the second frame. so i still have about 7 - 8 unused frames.</p>

[greg_alton]

<p>It's definitely Russian film - HA4ALO or nachalo just means "start". I can't make out the number there. The next picture specifies how many frames for each format - 8 - 6X9, 12 - 6X6, 16 - 6X4.5. I don't see any more distinguishing marks or indications what it is.</p>

[rainer_t]

<p>I can't answer the main question (B+W or color) ... the film seems to be a 120 rollfilm.</p>

<p>The word seems to be cyrillic and would be "nacado" or "nacalo" (transliterated) ... but google doesn't seem to bring up anything filmrelated with this.</p>

<p>The number (on the first image) could be a "90" ... if its cyrillic on the film, the sensitivity would be measured in gost ... 90 gost is 100 iso.</p>

<p>The number on the second image are easy ... on a 120 film, there are 8 exposures of size 6cm x 9cm or 12 exposures of size 6cm x 6cm or 16 exposures of size 4.5cm x 6cm.</p>

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>that is 05 not 90. sorry for the blurry telephone pics.</p>

[richard_oleson]

<p>"as if it was tri-x" means 10 minutes in D-76 or equivalent generic black & white developer. The developer I actually use is the Ilford liquid concentrate, but that's a matter of convenience, it behaves very much like Kodak D-76, which is kind of the standard B&W developer in this part of the world.</p>

<p>Do they still make D-76?</p>

[kurt_driver]

<p>This is 120 film. photo number 2 shows how many exposures you will get with particular cameras. 8/6x9 is eight exposures in a 6x9 camera 12/6x6 twelve in a 6x6 camera, etc. That is definately the cryllic alphabet in pic no. 1. It means start?</p>

[alex_watson2]

<p>Yep, "nachalo" means "beginning" or the like in Russian. Read from that what you will.</p>

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>i was thinking that from the last 2 pics somebody could tell me if it is a b&w or color film. the back of the film is green as it can be seen in the last pic.i was wondering if that is a clue.<br>

thanks to all of you</p>

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>update: i finished the roll and at the end this is what i found</p>

<p>фн 125 зкспонировано<br /> <br /> уерно ьелая<br /> <br /> сьеча</p>

<p>any clue on what it means?</p>

[kurt_driver]

<p>You need someone who reads russian. There's a russian cuisine restaurant in your area?</p>

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>none.</p>

[alex_watson2]

<p>"?film? 125 exposed<br>

Black white<br>

?candle? (maybe a technical photographic term)"<br>

That's what I make of it, if that's any use/not too late. I wouldn't swear to the translation -- I've guessed where I think the letters are different, but look similar to the ones you've typed -- but there you go.</p>

[alexa_vrezaru]

<p>thank you.<br>

i have develop it in rodinal 1+25 for 9 minutes and came out pretty good . the first chance i have to scan it i will upload some imagines.</p>