On Feb 21, 3:44 am, g...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote:
> I know this borders on the ridiculous. Someone advertised an APS camera
> for sale on a local mailing list, and this brought back memories. I have
> several APS cameras all bought for nearly nothing years ago and a lot of
> C-41 APS film, all bought out of date and they sat at room temperature
> for 3-4 years.
>
> Nothing is special about them, they were cheap cameras and are not in
> collectable condition. The film boxes are slightly shopworn, so they
won't
> end up in a museum or on a collector's shelf.
>
> The idea of having a small camera I don't care if it survives being
carried
> around has a lot of attraction. Half of the year it is dry and dusty.
> Sand and dust can easily kill a camera and so can other things, like
being
> sat on, etc. One of my kids sat on a bag I carry around and broke a
> Palm Pilot. :-(
>
> Therefore I ask if I can develop the film at home using black and white
> chemicals. I assume I have to "crack" the casettes, will the film fit on
> a 35mm reel? If not, can I adjust a Paterson reel to fit it?
>
> Can the film itself be developed in Black and White chemicals, for
example
> Rodinal?
>
> Any suggestions, pointers to information, etc would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Geoff.
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The only issue is getting the film out of the canister, and some way
of handling it in the chemistry, since it won't fit 35mm reels.
I've run a few rolls of C41 film though black and white chemistry
just to see what happened. My best results were 6 minutes in
HC-110(B). Decent contrast, but the orange masking layer is
still there.
Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Non sequitur. Your ACKS are
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