Verichrome Pan was most often found in consumer "box" cameras. You could get it for 127, 126, 620, some of the older large roll film sizes and 120, but it wasn't available in 35mm.
As Paul posted, its strength was in exposure latitude and reliability.
It was in essence a dual emulsion film - part fast, part slow, so it performed well in cameras with few controls, in conditions that varied greatly. It wasn't as sharp as Plus-X and could be grainier, but many really liked how it rendered images.
Old Verichrome Pan may have aged unpredictably - a consequence of that dual emulsion design.
I would expect more grain than old Plus-X.
I think some of you are mixing this film and Verichrome which was a different film. Verichrome Pan was, like it said, a panchromatic film unlike verichrome which was orthochromatic (not sensitive to "red"). VP was manufactured until films, in general "died", much to the chagrin of many professionals and myself who considered the film almost "unbeatable". Many professionals used the 120 roll film and 4x5 film packs. of this film.......You can have your return of Kodachrome, I had much rather have a return of 120 Verichrome Pan film......Regards!Verichrome Pan was most often found in consumer "box" cameras. You could get it for 127, 126, 620, some of the older large roll film sizes and 120, but it wasn't available in 35mm.
As Paul posted, its strength was in exposure latitude and reliability.
It was in essence a dual emulsion film - part fast, part slow, so it performed well in cameras with few controls, in conditions that varied greatly. It wasn't as sharp as Plus-X and could be grainier, but many really liked how it rendered images.
Old Verichrome Pan may have aged unpredictably - a consequence of that dual emulsion design.
I would expect more grain than old Plus-X.
It could work quite nicely in D-76 developer for a normal developing time which you can find in Kodak literature from the late 1900s (1980s and 1990s)........Regards!Hi all, I recently acquired a Super Ikonta with film in it. I'd like to develop that film... I'm getting a lot of conflicting information, but using HC110 seems to be the recommendation. Some said 1/100 stand for 1.5 hours, dilution B, dilution H? some do it for much less and at what temp? Cold? Thanks!!
Verichrome Pan was discontinued in 2002 after about a 45 year run.I think some of you are mixing this film and Verichrome which was a different film. Verichrome Pan was, like it said, a panchromatic film unlike verichrome which was orthochromatic (not sensitive to "red"). VP was manufactured until films, in general "died", much to the chagrin of many professionals and myself who considered the film almost "unbeatable". Many professionals used the 120 roll film and 4x5 film packs. of this film.......You can have your return of Kodachrome, I had much rather have a return of 120 Verichrome Pan film......Regards!
I've not tired Dektol, sounds like it may work, in the past Kodak and Ilford and others sold universal developers to used for both film and paper. Only issue is that with such a short development time there may be streaking or uneven development. Another low fog developer is DK50.
Verichrome Pan was discontinued in 2002 after about a 45 year run.
Here is the data-sheet with the notice of discontinuance: https://125px.com/docs/film/kodak/f7-Verichrome.pdf
It was as fine grained as Plus-X, but it wasn't very sharp - a fairly thick emulsion being the most likely culprit.
It was mostly sold in sizes other than 120 - 620, 616, 116, 126, 127 etc. - and it was discontinued when many of those sizes were discontinued.
I don't know that it was found in all markets - for example, I don't think it was normally offered in the UK.
Don't forget the 8 inch wide rolls for the Cirkut cameraAnd only available in 120 at the end.
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