Hi John You could ask Gene M. on www.photo.net in the classic camera section. He find lots of old cameras with exposed film inside and develops it. He has a very entertaining website as well at http://westfordcomp.com/holga/index.html. greetings Markus
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Celio Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:35 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Very old Hit film At an antique/flea market I stumbled upon last sunday, I found a box of six rolls of "panchromatic Hit film." Here's a box just like it on eBay, for illustrative purposes: http://tinyurl.com/2vedp3 Hit cameras are tiny little novelty items from just after the end of WWII (http://www.subclub.org/shop/175mm.htm). I'm assuming this means the film is very old, but the box does not have a date on it where it says "Develop before". Apparently some companies still make this stuff, but there's no way to tell the age of this film. I'm considering loading a roll in my little HIT camera and trying it out. Only problem is, I have no idea how to develop film like this. Does anyone have any info on developing very old film like this (chemistry, temps, etc)? I realize I may get nothing but a fogged blob in my photos, but I think it'll be a fun experiment. Thanks, John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
