Mount Pleasant
Fifty year old film in a one hundred year old camera.
This year I'm using a different film format each month, starting with the smallest and working my way up through the sizes. The format for September is 127 roll film which was introduced in 1912. Narrower than 120 film, it allowed for smaller more pocketable cameras to be made, perhaps most famously the Kodak VP (Vest Pocket) also known as the soldiers' camera because many of them were used during the First World War (1914-18).
This camera is around 100 years old, I've loaded it with a roll of Kodak Verichrome Pan film which expired in 1973, making it around 50 years old. As expected the results are pretty terrible from a technical point of view, there are some light leaks in the camera, and the film has degraded a lot over time, but at least there is something to see!
Developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 12 mins at 20 degrees.
Mount Pleasant
Fifty year old film in a one hundred year old camera.
This year I'm using a different film format each month, starting with the smallest and working my way up through the sizes. The format for September is 127 roll film which was introduced in 1912. Narrower than 120 film, it allowed for smaller more pocketable cameras to be made, perhaps most famously the Kodak VP (Vest Pocket) also known as the soldiers' camera because many of them were used during the First World War (1914-18).
This camera is around 100 years old, I've loaded it with a roll of Kodak Verichrome Pan film which expired in 1973, making it around 50 years old. As expected the results are pretty terrible from a technical point of view, there are some light leaks in the camera, and the film has degraded a lot over time, but at least there is something to see!
Developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 12 mins at 20 degrees.