Undeveloped roll of 622 film

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My Mom lives in San Antonio, TX. She was cleaning out an old desk and found a roll of undeveloped 622 film in one of the drawers. She went to Wal-Mart to get it developed and was told that they don't develope that type film. My Mom has turned to me for help on where to go to get the film developed. Can you recommend a place she can go to get the roll of film developed?

Thank you.

-- Sonja Derry (wordup124@msn.com), September 01, 2001

Answers

Have your Mom look up a professional photo lab in San Antonio. They ought to be able to either do it or find out who could.

If the film's really old developing it may not be worth it. I once developed a roll of B&W film that had been stored at room temperature for five and a half years. There was essentially nothing left of the scene when the film was developed, it seems the latent image had mostly vanished.

-- Don Karon (kc6d@arrl.net), September 01, 2001.


My father found an undeveloped roll of 120-film in an old Agfa Box camera a couple of years ago. He developed it and the result was VERY good. Just a little fog over the negatives, but nut much. The film contained family photos from the 1960's. It felt so good to see the old photos that had been hidden for so long.

For the best results a professional photographer with experience should develop the film. There are anti-fog agents that can be used in the developer to get better results.

-- Patric (jenspatric@mail.bip.net), September 01, 2001.


A latent image can keep surprisingly well over a longer period. It all depends on storage condition though, less on temperature than on gases and fumes that can greatly affect the image. It should be no problem to find a custom lab that will develop. Tell them to add a little benzotriazole to the developer. This will take care of fogging.

-- Volker Schier (Volker.Schier@fen-net.de), September 01, 2001.

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