Early this year (2020), a friend gave me some GAF Versapan film packs. They had been frozen since the 1960s. They proved to be fine and I liked the look, so I checked for other film sizes. An eBay fellow had three rolls of 135-size Versapan that he said had been frozen. I couldn't resist (film GAS). I exposed the first roll in my Spotmatic II and Leica M2 at EI=100. Northeast Photographics developed for me (probably in Xtol).
Results of roll 1: It is 99% viable. There are some spots which, I think, are deterioration, but you barely see them. This Versapan has an old-fashioned gritty look, perfect for the gritty stuff that I photograph. I did a bit of touch-up with the heal tool in Photoshop. Surprisingly, the best film profile in Silverfast Ai for my Plustek scanner was the one for Kodak BW400CN. I tried the profiles for Plus-X, Tri-X, and Ilford Pan-F, but they looked muddy and uninteresting. It is amazing that a 50-year-old film still works. I have another roll in another camera now. Here are some examples at 1000 pixels wide.
Results of roll 1: It is 99% viable. There are some spots which, I think, are deterioration, but you barely see them. This Versapan has an old-fashioned gritty look, perfect for the gritty stuff that I photograph. I did a bit of touch-up with the heal tool in Photoshop. Surprisingly, the best film profile in Silverfast Ai for my Plustek scanner was the one for Kodak BW400CN. I tried the profiles for Plus-X, Tri-X, and Ilford Pan-F, but they looked muddy and uninteresting. It is amazing that a 50-year-old film still works. I have another roll in another camera now. Here are some examples at 1000 pixels wide.