I shot a roll of Verichrome Pan with an expiration date of 1981 in my Kodak Duo Six-20 folding camera. This was the best of the shots from the roll.
I thought the film actually performed pretty well considering its age. I shot it at the box speed of 125 ASA and processed in HC110b for 7 minutes. However, I had a lot of trouble managing the camera, my Kodak Duo Six-20 folder.
I normally choose to shoot a faster 400-speed film with this type of camera because that allows the use of smaller apertures and more leeway for focus errors. Shooting the Verichrome Pan on a cloudy day meant having to open up to f/4.5 or f/5.6 which required more accurate focus estimation than what I was often able to achieve. I also had a lot of trouble seeing the frame numerals through the camera's ruby windows. In trying to get enough light on the window I managed to put. some ugly bright smudges on the images.
So, a disappointing outing with one of my favorite cameras. I'll try to give it another chance soon with some newer and faster film.
2 comments:
Impressive image from that 45-year old film. Kinda says something about Kodak quality I think.
I don't know this history of this roll of film before it got to my refrigerator. I'm inclined to think from recent experience that increasing development time is more effective than increasing. exposure time in getting usable images on old film. I think you are right that Kodak's quality control was pretty good over the years.
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