Crombie

A wonderful mystery hidden away in 2 antique cameras I came upon while on recent vacation in PEI. Doing the tourist thing always looking for old cameras came upon an Adox 120 roll film folding camera with a Schneider Radionar 4.5 105 lense. Opening it to my delight was an exposed roll of Ansco 'All Weather'. I believe this film was discontinued in the late 50's or early 60's, anyone know for sure? Next in a harbor shop selling nautical stuff I spotted this worn leather case on a back shelf and asked to have a peek, the retired seaman handing it to me saying he had now idea what was in it... sometimes there is magic!

A 3A series 2 Kodak folding camera in very good condition, This is a relative giant using 122 film, this is almost a LF format with a width of 43/4" and a rising front standard. And once again I find exposed film, Kodak 'Verichrome Pan'.

I only returned from PEI last night and will mix some fresh Microphen this evening and will with my fingers crossed process this way outdated film Wednesday night and will of course share the results with you.

I'm over the moon with this chance to take a peek into a time past and forgotten.

Crombie

Bushpilot Loc: Minnesota

A fantastic find! I will be looking forward to seeing the results. I wonder how many old cameras are out there like that?

Charles 46277 Loc: Fulton County, KY

This was not unusual in my years in a retail camera operation. Sometimes the pictures were still quite good--usually, not so much.

Crombie

Last year I bought a 4x5 Calumet with holders and 6 of the holders had exposed Tri-X and of course processed them to find very crisp images of coastal shorelines which I think were shot on the East coast. I confirmed this was from an estate no contact information was available for me make contact to see if anyone might like to have this photography. I think estates is where these gems mostly come from. The search continues...

Clapperboard

Hey, you probably know already old film exposed and not processed loses contrast. Possibly process for max. contrast to gain all you can.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

PEI? Peaks of eastern Italy? We love arcane acronyms.

Ricker Loc: Salt Lake City, Utah

I'd guess that PEI is Prince Edward Island, near NovaScotia.
Best regards, Ricker

Photog8 Loc: Morriston, FL

If I remember correctly, there is an antifog chem useful for old film...just can't remember the name of it. Good luck. Show us the results if you can.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

I might have been able to guess that, but UHH member Crombie chooses to be "in hiding".

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

it only took about 30 sec to highlight PEI,right click and have google tell what it meant.
Just a little effort.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Yes, I'm with you. Prince Edward Island is the most likely location. PEI is often used as an abbreviation.

Crombie

Sorry, my first post and should have been more specific. Prince Edward Island is a quaint island connected to New Bruinswick Canada via a 7km long bridge.

Bromide I think is listed as a fog inhibitor which of course I don't have so I figure pp can negate any lack of contrast. Both rolls the backing is very tight to the spools so this is good news and there's no fungus or signs of moisture exposure to the cameras so this is also good news.

My thought is to process the 120 in Ilford Microphen for 8 minutes with almost constant gentle agitation, any suggestions would be appreciated. For the 122 I'll fill a 4x5 tank with the Microphen in total dark do a sort of dip & dunk by hand.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

We look forward to seeing the results!

Fotomacher Loc: Toronto

This response is solely about PEI. Prince Edward Island is one of the Canadian provinces. It is an actual island and the capital is Charlottetown. The confederation of Canada was determined at the Charlottetown Conference held there from September 1 to 7, 1864. The Confederation Bridge spans the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait. It links Prince Edward Island with mainland province of New Brunswick. The setting for the book “Anne of Green Gables” is PEI.

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

PEI (Prince Edward Island) is a great place to visit with fine photographic opportunities. Now with a bridge replacing ferry service an easily accessible site. Although we visited many years ago, I vividly remember the Anne of Green Gables sites, the mussel farms, the nearly tame red foxes along the red clay shore dunes -- and the Catholic Church with its lobster dinners, started to pay off a mortgage, long since done, but continued because so popular.