H&W HW Orwo film

[Curt]

I was looking through some 3,000 120 negatives from the '70's that I never printed and found some HW and ORWO films that I used. The rest were either Panatomic-X or Agfapan 25.

I had totally forgotten about the H&W. I don't even remember where I bought it.

 

[edz]

I was looking through some 3,000 120 negatives from the '70's that I never printed and found some HW and ORWO films that I used. The rest were either Panatomic-X or Agfapan 25.

I had totally forgotten about the H&W. I don't even remember where I bought it.

Harold Holden and Arnold Weichert (H&W) repackaged Agfa Copex and sold a developer called "H&W Control": http://www.frugalphotographer.com/formulary.htm

(one can instead of Phenidone use Dimezone or even Metol and instead of Hydroquinone use Ascorbic Acid which is superadditive with both)

The original H&W formula had some significant problems and microfilm developers have tended to be provide little to no latitude.

The current state-of-the-art in this area is SPUR ( http://www.8x11film.com ) and they have developers for Agfa Copex, Kodak Imagelink and other microfilms.

 

[Curt]

Thank you for all of the information edz. It's a bit of interesting history. I noted that on at least one roll that I used an alcohol rinse. Where that came from I don't know.

Curt

 

[Tom Hoskinson]

Curt, you may have used an alcohol rinse to facilitate quick drying of the film.