Old Stuff

[George Collier]

A friend gave me the three rolls of film pictured in the attachment. (thought some of you might like to see them). These belonged to her father who was an amateur like most of us. The 2 hand rolled ones are marked SuperXX, and the other is PlusX. One of the hand rolls is dated 1944. The canisters are interesting, too, the unpainted ones, of which one is embossed with "Kodak" are a style I had not seen before, and have friction slide lids. I do remember well the yellow and green can sold with Tri-x. These belonged to her father who was an amateur like most of us.
She asked if I could develop the film just to see what they are, no one knows what's on them (no one alive, at least).
I would like to drop these in one tank, either Rodinal or HC110. Any average time/temperature suggestions? Not looking for fine art results, but something from which I can make prints.

 

[archphoto]

That film is 65 year old........
Should have some data, hopefully (in Holland)
I should have a roll that I exposed 30 years ago and never developed.
It could be a nice try before you start with your films, if I loose my shots, no problemm.
If not solved before the end of March send me a mail to remember me, I'll be going back to Holland and my darkroom again then.

Peter, archphoto@aol.nl

 

[John Shriver]

Assuming that sheet film times for Super-XX are in the ballpark for 35mm times, try 8 minutes at 76F in HC-110 dilution B. That's also just a good-sounding time, from the times Gene M has posted on photo.net. HC-110 is good at minimizing base fog.

Fix 10 minutes. These older thick emulsion films take longer to fix, and can turn black if you don't fix them enough.

Super-XX looks somewhat gold colored on the emulsion side. Distinctive. (It is gold-sensitized.)

 

[George Collier]

Peter - thanks for the offer, but I will probably do something before then.
John - are you sure about the suggested time? Sorry to question you, but Dilution B at 76F sounds pretty hot. Did Super XX really need that much development?
Also thanks for the fixing tip - I wouldn't have known that.