i have 45 sheets left so if i can use it, i would like to. i don't expect great results but it will be good practise. Is it possible that the film just can't survive the C-41 process? I keep getting told that the first image (the one with the lines) looks like emulsion failure. I ordered some c41 chemicals and i'm gonna develop it that way at home to see what i get.
Im disappointed in the lab though. I wish they would tell me what actually happen instead of "sheet's blank, tough luck" (it wasn't blank though)!. They also stated that it looked like C-22 film which wasn't compatible with C-41 but like shouldn't they have been able to tell me that before developing from the notches or the information i gave them. I'm just venting here....
The box doesn't actually say what process it supposed to be, the literature inside just says to process in vericolor chemistry which who knows what that is. I've attached a picture of the box that i found on google.
i did find this link (https://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Colour_Darkroom/Early_Kodak_CameraFilm.html) which states:
"
Vericolor Type S film. 120,620, and 220 rolls in packs of 5 rolls (Code VS). 35mm, 46 mm, 70mm and 3½inch bulk rolls in mainly 100foot lengths. Sheet film (Code 4105). This film corresponded to Ektacolor Professional film Type S in speed, grain size, and definition."
Ektacolor was C-22 but in that same link it states:
"Vericolor film had it’s own chemical baths and could not be processed in C-22 chemicals."
So my next steps are to process a sheet in C-41 at home to see if it survives or if i get similar results to the one's done by the lab. Maybe the automated process they have just washed the emulsion away if it's old and delicate. If it doesn't survive then i'll shoot it all and develop in black and white and scan digitally.
