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Horse Chestnut - on 1944 Supreme Panchromatic Film

This was taken on film that expired 70 years ago in 1944!

Guido Tosi of Six Gates Films in Milan acquired a batch of it, and kindly sent 10 exposure rolls to a number of people to test it. I was one of the lucky ones.

Originally rated at ISO50, I exposed it at ISO12 to allow for loss of sensitivity with age. I developed it for 15 mins in Ilfosol 3 at a dilution of 1 in 15. The results are amazing, I would never have guessed that they came from such old film.

The camera was an Olympus OM10.

You can read more about Guido's project here:

www.iso400.it/index.php/1944-15-x-10/?lang=en

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Uploaded on September 16, 2014
Taken on September 15, 2014