Help with and old Agfa Isopan film

Hello everyone, first post here

I found and old Kodak Junior 620 that belonged to my grandfather, and in it was a roll of Agfa Isopan film, just like the one seen here, but in better condition.



Now, I am completely clueless when it comes to film photography, even more with equipment this old.. so I ask you, the experts: How do I know if the film is exposed?

I realise that this is probably a very stupid question, but as I said, I have zero knowledge... By looking at the film, I'd say it is not exposed, since it has that yellow/blue seal thing. Butm the red part, and the yellow seal too, have marks (in two different languages) sayin it IS exposed, which makes me think it is the end of the roll..

I would love to develop it if there is any chance I find some pictures of my relatives, etc..

If anybody can help, I'd appreciate it, I'm sure this is an easy one for you

Welcome to APUG.

If the "yellow seal thing" says exposed, it is almost certainly exposed.

With film like this, when you get to the end of a roll of film after exposing it, you find a loose wrapper/seal with some adhesive on it. You use that wrapper/seal to tighten the roll and seal it, then send or set aside the roll for processing.

It is slightly strange to find a roll with the seal attached inside a camera, but who knows?

MattKing said:

Welcome to APUG.

If the "yellow seal thing" says exposed, it is almost certainly exposed.

With film like this, when you get to the end of a roll of film after exposing it, you find a loose wrapper/seal with some adhesive on it. You use that wrapper/seal to tighten the roll and seal it, then send or set aside the roll for processing.

It is slightly strange to find a roll with the seal attached inside a camera, but who knows?

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I'd agree, certainly exposed. Perhaps your grandfather exposed the film, then stuck down the seal to stop any risk of the film unrolling and becoming loose. Then left it in the camera pending a chance to process it, or send it for processing.

If you're thinking of processing the film yourself, it would be worth having a look around on this Forum for information and suggestions for developers and times to be used with old and outdated "found" films....there's lots of useful info.

Thanks a lot, both of you

So it is exposed, good! The tight seal confused me.. As for developing it myself, I don't think I'm up to such a challenge, I've been referred to a good shop here in my city, I hope they can get something out of it. The film must be 70 years old or so, but who knows...

Thanks again!

Excuse me rdp78

Having zero Knowledge it's very difficult to give you the appropriate instructions by simply looking at it, even with that seal the roll could have been "rolled" without exposing it ... (highly unlikely situation, but possible) Anyway, if you want to find out if it's a raw film for future use, you better take the roll to someone near you that can deal with it to make sure 100%, if is not the case, having nothing to loose, process the film the way you want! (if you send it to lab, tell them that the spool must be returned to you)

Wellcome to APUG!

Sin tener idea, es muy complicado dar las debidas instrucciones para que puedas comprobarlo simplemente con mirar desde el exterior, incluso con el precinto de expuesto, el rollo podria haber sido desplazado sin exponer ... (situacion poco probable, pero posible). En cualquier caso, si lo que quieres es averiguar si es una pelicula virgen para un uso posterior, te aconsejo que la hagas llegar a alquien que pueda tratar con ella y asegurar al 100% que no esta expuesta, en caso contrario, no tienes nada que perder para procesarla (si la pretendes enviar al laboratorio, asegurate que les dices que te devuelvan el eje)

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