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I received a Kodak Vigilant Junior Six-20 folding camera for Christmas, a gift from my mother-in-law. She told me her father gave it to her in 1950.

To everyone's surprise, there was a roll of Kodak Verichrome film in the body, rolled and tightly sealed with the "Exposed" label. Odd thing was, it wasn't on the take up side, but on the hinge side where an unexposed roll would've been placed.

All that said, mom-in-law is eager to know what, if anything, may be on the film. I'm not set up to do color in any shape or form, much less 60 year old 620 film!

Is there a lab (or person) that anyone knows of that still does 620?

Thanks!
 
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Verichrome was a black and white film, so you don't have to worry about processing a color film.
 
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You are correct Chazzy -

As I just mentioned to someone else, I've become so accustomed to the word "chrome" being tied to E6 processes, I didn't think!

Thanks for the reply!
 

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Don't dispose of the spool! They are hard to get and can be re-used to take 120 film in these cameras.
 

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Just about any pro lab can develop this thing for you it is the same as processing 120 film no big deal - heck I'll chuck it in with a batch of mine if you want. I have a bunch of old notes on Verichrome with the developers I use and I am positive that the times coincide with some films/contrast indexes that I am currently souping.

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620 format film is the same size as 120 format film. For 620, it was the spools which were different -- Kodak made them slightly smaller so that other manufacturer's 120 film wouldn't fit and you'd have to buy Kodak's 620 film. :smile: Some of the old cameras are loose enough that they'll take modern 120 spools, or spools can be filed or sanded down to size. If you have some 620 spools you can simply re-spool modern 120 film onto them in a darkroom and they'll work fine. There's also a place which sells film re-spooled onto 620 spools, but it isn't cheap... Finally, some 620 format cameras can be modified to take standard 120 film spools. You have lots of options.
 

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The film itself is no different than 120, so you can easily do it yourself, or have a lab do it.

Make sure you save the spool so you can load it up with 120 film and use your new camera.
 
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Thanks for the replies everyone. Aside from my momentary confusion with the word "chrome", I think I'm good to go.

The ol' Vigilant needs quite a bit of cleaning and repair. At this point in time, I'm deciding whether to re-furbish it or add it to my shelf collection - a dollars to useage decision.

However, dev times/temps for the Verichrome is something I'm wondering about -
 

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To use the camera you will need a 2nd 620 spool, if the camera wont accept a 120 spool, the inner cylinder of the 620 spool and the outer rim were both smaller in diameter, so a 120 spool may not fit or may be two tight on the film tension springs.

As said above the 120 and 620 film loads are identical.

If the film is from 1950 I'd suggest add an antifog agent to the developer, and using a low fog dev, e.g. Rodinal with the organic antifog Benz... whatever.

Noel
 
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To use the camera you will need a 2nd 620 spool, if the camera wont accept a 120 spool, the inner cylinder of the 620 spool and the outer rim were both smaller in diameter, so a 120 spool may not fit or may be two tight on the film tension springs.

As said above the 120 and 620 film loads are identical.

If the film is from 1950 I'd suggest add an antifog agent to the developer, and using a low fog dev, e.g. Rodinal with the organic antifog Benz... whatever.

Noel

Thanks Noel -

There happened to be an empty spool in the camera, plus the one the film's rolled on - so I'm good in that regard -
 

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620 film and other goodies!

not sure if users of 620 cameras know about bluemoon camera and machine ..
but these guys have and sell film that fits 620 cameras. ( minox users
should be happy too because bluemoon also sells and processes and prints
minox film :smile: )

they are sponsors here, and if you go to their website you will see lots and lots of cool stuff ...
 
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