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10/28/2011 12:56:16 AM · #1 |
So I found a beautiful 620 brownie, this model: //www.flickr.com/photos/davidjoyner/3393250467/in/ (not my photo)
Anyway, it's gorgeous, but when I opened I found an exposed roll of film in it. My excitement is indescribable! The film type is 120 Ilford HP3 Panchromatic. From the research I've done this film was made from about the 50s to the late 60s. It looks like the 120 film was respooled onto the 620 spool then exposed.
I'm going to get it processed and see the results. It looks like it's been there in the dark for a while, and it looks like it's in fairly good condition. I'm taking it to a lab that specialises in black and white film processing.
What do you guys think the odds are of the film turning out? Also, does anyone have anymore info on the film type I mentioned? There isn't much info online about it. |
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10/28/2011 01:04:16 AM · #2 |
| Send it here or odds are, it'll never come out. There's no guarantee, but they're your best bet. |
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10/28/2011 01:17:50 AM · #3 |
The odds are very good there are recoverable images, though a lot depends on whether the film was rewound before you opened to camera up. The Ilford panchromatic is very stable, as films go. Let us know how it turns out :-)
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10/28/2011 01:32:00 AM · #4 |
Thank you for the advice guys :)
Spork, I live in Aus, and there is a lab here that specialises in black and white film processing, so I think I'll try taking it there, but cheers :)
Bear - it was rewound and the end folded under. Thanks for the info! I'm glad it's a good film. I will certainly post the results here :) |
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10/28/2011 07:50:23 AM · #5 |
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10/28/2011 08:08:42 AM · #6 |
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10/28/2011 08:54:31 AM · #7 |
| Kind of fun, never know what you are going to get. I bought an enlarger several years back and in the box with all the equipment was some old negatives, the negatives have photos of someone in their living room watching one of the moon landings on a TV. Pretty cool historic shot. |
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10/28/2011 10:37:21 AM · #8 |
I got a couple of very old cameras from Gram's house including a Jiffy six-20! It has film in it, so I'm going to expose it as if it's good, then develop it! I believe it's a (proverbially) fresh roll. Love the stuff you found!
For those in the states, Blue Moon Camera also does vintage developing and film rolling for your spools! Sending out a roll from my recent Duaflex shots.
Message edited by author 2011-10-28 10:37:56. |
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10/28/2011 12:19:06 PM · #9 |
| Well be careful what you pick up.. Picked up an old camera at a yard sale and found some pictures of the camera owners wife! |
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10/28/2011 01:31:07 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by IAmEliKatz:
Well be careful what you pick up.. Picked up an old camera at a yard sale and found some pictures of the camera owners wife! |
Don't you mean "Be careful what you throw out!"? |
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10/28/2011 01:31:39 PM · #11 |
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10/28/2011 01:38:20 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by IAmEliKatz:
Well be careful what you pick up.. Picked up an old camera at a yard sale and found some pictures of the camera owners wife! |
Pictures or it didn't happen! |
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10/28/2011 01:57:07 PM · #13 |
| Haha, This was a couple of years back, highly doubt I still have the camera or pictures |
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10/28/2011 03:59:45 PM · #14 |
[quote=larryslights] This guy goes out looking for old cameras with film in them:
//westfordcomp.com/updated/found.htm
thanks. this took up most of my morning, in the most delightful way. |
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10/28/2011 06:18:02 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Spork99:
Send it here or odds are, it'll never come out. There's no guarantee, but they're your best bet. |
Thanks for posting this site. I have (somewhere, if I can still find it) an old slide film which disappeared after arriving home from vacation when I was about 12/13 years old (50ish years ago). It was assumed I'd dropped it out of the car somewhere. Years and years later it turned up in my father's stuff. (Thanks Dad.) I've taken it to local camera shops but have been told that the film can no longer be processed because of changed technology. I might check this out. It's hard to say if the effort will be worthwhile, but there could possibly be some shots with my now gone parents in them. It's hard to say, because I only remember taking some stained glass shots in a church, goodness knows what else might be on it. Horses probably!
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10/28/2011 06:20:45 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by tnun:
[quote=larryslights] This guy goes out looking for old cameras with film in them:
//westfordcomp.com/updated/found.htm
thanks. this took up most of my morning, in the most delightful way. |
+1
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10/28/2011 07:02:31 PM · #17 |
| Cool let us see them when you get them! |
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10/28/2011 09:51:04 PM · #18 |
Some places don't have the proper technology to develop the older film. but there ARE places that specialize in that old film. I'm excited to get my 120 film back.
Note: The metal spools for older cameras are getting quite hard to find. When sending in film for developing, ALWAYS ASK THEM TO RETURN YOUR METAL SPOOL OR YOU MAY GET A NEW PLASTIC ONE! |
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