Updating my update.RE:Found film.

[Mike Kennedy]

Upon closer inspection I found my mystery bulk film to be:Kodak Plus X Pan Kodak Safety Film

Nothing on the web to help me with developing.Nothing about the film either.
Assistance please.

 

[Ian Grant]

Isn't Plus-X still made ?

Certainly there's plenty of details on the Internet including the Kodak & Ilford sites. Ilford give times in that link.

Ian

 

[Mike Kennedy]

I was thinking that Safety Film was a different kind of film then regular Plus-X Pan.

 

[Ian Grant]

No all modern film sinc the 30's is Safety film as opposed to Cellulose Nitrate which over time breaks down and can self ignite/explode. I worked with someone whose factory lost it's roof when a large container of Cellulose nitrate films sent for Silver recovery caught fire

Ian

 

[Anon Ymous]

Yes, safety film base has been common for decades, but is Mike's old Plus-X identical to today's Plus-X? I'd assume development times will be different.

 

[Alex Bishop-Thorpe]

We live in very boring times compared to the days of self combusting film and exploding flash bulbs. Soon as they phased out all that mercury it's been down hill, can barely get yourself killed at all now.

Yep, safety film is just our regular everyday film, you still find it marked on the edges of some emulsions. When I first started out I thought it was film engineered so that you wouldnt get paper cuts from it...

 

[rwboyer]

The only difference that I have found with new Plus-X v old Plus-X and even really old Plus-X, development wise, is the brand new stuff (latest version) requires SLIGHTLY less development time than the old stuff depending on developer used. With "normal" developers (D76, XTOL, etc) 5-10% less (really not a big deal unless you are processing sheet film and your process is SO TIGHT that you know exactly where your zone VIII's and IX's are going to be EXACTLY). Plus-X can stand 10% either way under/over dev with not a whole lot of heart ache on roll film that you are not extremely tight with getting highlights exactly where you want them for some special graded/alt process paper.

Plus-X and Pyrocat HD are a match made in heaven (my general aesthetic) - 9:00 at 75F for N development. In a tank or tray with agitation 1/30 seconds. Fantastic zone VI/VII/VIII - great for caucasian female skin. For more traditional go with D76 type dev.

RB