Development times for Svema Photo 400 with HC-110B

[Heidar M]

A friend of mine got hold of an old Soviet film stock called Svema Photo 400. I think it is today made by a small company in Ukraine that took over in the 90's (it's fresh film, not expired). I can however not find the development time needed for HC-110B.

Can anybody more experienced deduce an approximate development time based on times available with other developers?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Heidar M]

Anybody?

 

[Anon Ymous]

IIRC, somebody mentioned in another thread that Svema doesn't manufacture film any more and whatever fresh film they sell is rebranded stuff. Perhaps it is yet another Kentmere 400 reincarnation?

 

[Heidar M]

IIRC, somebody mentioned in another thread that Svema doesn't manufacture film any more and whatever fresh film they sell is rebranded stuff. Perhaps it is yet another Kentmere 400 reincarnation?

Svema closed down long time ago, but supposedly Astrum took over since 1995. Technically the film I have is "Astrum Photo 400", not Svema. I've never used Kentmere, but this film does not look like any film I've seen in the west. It has a different color and is a lot thinner and flimsier.

Here (link) are development times using D-76 and ID-11. I was thinking that more experienced people might based on this get an approximate time for HC-110B. I could also try something random and see what happens.

 

[dE fENDER]

Perhaps it is yet another Kentmere 400 reincarnation?

It's an aero films. Latest - agfa, older (prior 2016) - Kodak. It's probably the same as Rollei 400, perhaps more or less expired.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

No original film manufacturing in Ukraine or Russia left. Slavitch was rebranding some technical bw film from Europe in 2016, don't know what is now. Not Kentemere, something which is even more cheap by all means. Arista kind of. Where is one guy in Moscow who actually does small quantities of original bw film, but I couldn't even get film from him in 2016. One man operation.

For old BW films where are some common methods. Google "how to develop old BW film". Something with cold temperatures should come up.

 

[Anon Ymous]

It's an aero films. Latest - agfa, older (prior 2016) - Kodak. It's probably the same as Rollei 400, perhaps more or less expired.

Heidar seems to imply that it has a synthetic base, so perhaps the times for Rollei Retro 400S are OK.

 

[dE fENDER]

No original film manufacturing in Ukraine or Russia left.

What about Denis?

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

This is the real SVEMA: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145838

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

And if you can read Russian: http://www.fresher.ru/2013/07/07/zabroshennyj-zavod-svema/

 

[Ko.Fe.]

What about Denis?

Denis... I went to Moscow in 2016. Spend two weeks, asked him where I could come to pay and get his film. He was not answering for days or feeding me with some BS. I'm done with this guy. I don't think he is interested in non-Russian residents. It is for locals only.

Here is another person in Moscow who does all bunch of chemicals for bw, ECN-2, lith and slides. He is open minded person who deals with folks from the West.

 

[dE fENDER]

Denis...

Я к тому, что те линии в ниишках, где Кораблев льет пленку (не знаю, в НИКФИ или в Фомосе), обслуживают не только его... Как минимум, часть продукции оттуда перепаковывается Славичем, вроде до сих пор.

 

[MattKing]

Those times on the MDC are quite extra-ordinary.
Any film that requires that you double your development time when you change from stock D-76 to D-76 1+1 is quite different.
The only comparable I can find in my Kodak reference material (most of my reference material is Kodak) is Ektapan 4162, a 100 ISO sheet film.
The Kodak materials that recommend the same times for D76 and D76 1+1 for Ektapan (10 minutes and 20 minutes at 20C), recommend 6 minutes(at 20C) for HC-110 B.