Verichrome Pan From 1980

[braxus]

Guys. Im using Xtol 1:1 in this case, but I shot a roll of Verichrome Pan in 126 format dated 1980. I shot it at 25 ISO, so do you guys have any ideas of what time I should develop it at for 1:1?

Digital Truth says around 6 minutes for around 25 ISO for Kodak Plus X (same emulsion almost as VP). But I shot it at 25 ISO for the age. Should I still develop the roll for the normal time as if its 125 ISO? Its 7.5 minutes for 125 ISO.

 

[Hunter_Compton]

I've shot Verichrome pan from the 60s and 70s at box speed with no issue. It's a very long lived emulsion. I'd shoot at box speed or one stop over and develop as normal. That said, it's also a film with very wide exposure latitude, so I doubt exposing at 25 would make any difference.

 

[braxus]

So I should do it for the 6 minute time then, since I shot it at 25 ISO?

 

[loccdor]

That's what I would do. Either will probably work ok, or split the difference.

 

[braxus]

I ended up doing 7 minutes. Its washing at the moment, so can't say yet how they turned out.

 

[braxus]

Well the negs are quite dense. It could have been 6 minutes instead. I also noticed there is no spacing between each shot with this particular 126 camera. I used the Kodak Instamatic 500 for this roll.

 

[pentaxuser]

I've shot Verichrome pan from the 60s and 70s at box speed with no issue.

Yes me too and my experience was exactly the same

pentaxuser

 

[loccdor]

Well the negs are quite dense. It could have been 6 minutes instead. I also noticed there is no spacing between each shot with this particular 126 camera. I used the Kodak Instamatic 500 for this roll.

Could be a slow shutter.

 

[braxus]

Could be a slow shutter.

Possibly. The film itself is dark, which suggests fog. So its hard to tell which issue is causing the most.

 

[Keith Tapscott.]

Slightly off topic, the Ilford equivalent was Selochrome Pan. Does anyone know what the Agfa equivalent was?

 

[Hunter_Compton]

Slightly off topic, the Ilford equivalent was Selochrome Pan. Does anyone know what the Agfa equivalent was?

For Agfa/Ansco it was Plenochrome

 

[Dr. no]

Verichrome has been recently and extensively...long-lived film stock. MDC has times for many developers including Xtol: https://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=Kodak+Verichrome+Pan&Developer=&mdc=Search&obs=Y
No spaces between frames? How do the edges look?
Recent thread: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/guessing-age-of-a-roll-of-verichrome-pan.212315/#post-2882321

 

[jonny88]

I’d suggest sticking close to the normal developing time for 125 ISO-around 7.5 minutes-but maybe try a small test first. With film this old, even shot at 25 ISO, a slight adjustment might help bring out the best contrast.