This is not a photograph of mine. My father took it in 1964, seven years before I was born, but instead of developing it he left the exposed roll in a drawer in his darkroom. When he died a few years ago I found this roll and several others, and continuing the family tradition I just developed two of the rolls and left the rest wrapped in plastic in my freezer until yesterday when I finally gathered enough courage to try to develop one more of them...
The film is Kodak Verichrome Pan and based on my previous tries with the same film I developed it in Calbe R09 1+50 for 10 minutes, agitation every thirty seconds. There is, hardly surprisingly, a great deal of fog on the negatives but I'm actually quite pleased how well they came out.
Now I have some questions. Should I try another developer in order to suppress the fog on the remaining films, or is there some additive I can use?
Most of the films are Verichrome Pan but I also have one roll each of Panchroma 21, Perutz 21, Agfapan 100 and Tri-X (with green backing paper). Does anyone remember any starting points for these films? They are probably made in the late sixties or early seventies. Any data would be helpful in order to extrapolate new developing times.
Thanks
Claes
