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Panchromatic...
« on: March 06, 2011, 08:30:40 AM »


I love panchromatic film, and that Fuji Photo Film logo of course! Thanks Ken! Incidentally, while Fuji Photo Film, was to become Fuji Film, it is perhaps likely to become something without the 'Film' part too one day. Perhaps they will revert to Fuji Photo... Skj.
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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2011, 03:07:08 PM »
The old logo is nice... the font has somewhat of an art nouveau revival look to it.
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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2011, 05:48:44 PM »
What is the difference between Panchromatic and B&W? Or is there one?
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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2011, 10:00:19 PM »
Panchromatic means it reacts to all colors (by opposition to Orthochromatic which is insensitive to some colors). B&W just means that... it's B&W :)
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« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2011, 10:19:02 PM »
Oh, I see. Thank you Francios!!!
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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2011, 07:14:22 PM »
Panchromatic means it reacts to all colors (by opposition to Orthochromatic which is insensitive to some colors). B&W just means that... it's B&W :)

I heard pictures taken with ortho films are very contrasty... Is it because it only reacts with certain colours ?
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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2011, 03:48:18 PM »
Orthochromatic film tends to be red insensitive to various degrees... Some is insenstive enough to develop by inspection under red safelight, others are just insensitive enough to change the "look" of an image... I think the first films were orthochromatic for whatever reason in the chemistry side of things. This meant models had to wear green lipsticks which would show up dark like they were wearing dark red lipstick.

Some films are Ortho Litho ... the litho part is high contrast; it was used for lithographic printing.
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2011, 03:51:07 PM »
Also in the old days, films varied quite a bit from batch to batch and developing by inspection was the only simple way to ensure consistent results...
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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2011, 08:33:16 PM »


I love panchromatic film, and that Fuji Photo Film logo of course! Thanks Ken! Incidentally, while Fuji Photo Film, was to become Fuji Film, it is perhaps likely to become something without the 'Film' part too one day. Perhaps they will revert to Fuji Photo... Skj.

Or maybe Fuji Beauty?

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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2011, 12:41:06 AM »
Orthochromatic film tends to be red insensitive to various degrees... Some is insenstive enough to develop by inspection under red safelight, others are just insensitive enough to change the "look" of an image... I think the first films were orthochromatic for whatever reason in the chemistry side of things. This meant models had to wear green lipsticks which would show up dark like they were wearing dark red lipstick.

Some films are Ortho Litho ... the litho part is high contrast; it was used for lithographic printing.
Also in the old days, films varied quite a bit from batch to batch and developing by inspection was the only simple way to ensure consistent results...

Thanks guys...

I'm curious because I have a couple of boxes of "Dufay" Ortho 120 expired in 1954 and I really don't know how I'm going to expose and process this film. In the box it's written "Non-flam safety film", any suggestions ?  :)
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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2011, 04:19:45 PM »
Well, it all depends on the sensitivity. One of the good things is that since it is processed by inspection, you can "cheat" a bit and use a custom contraption (I saw this in Shutterbug years ago) to get perfect development.

You need to make a glass shelf (angle iron and rubber feet work fine). You put the developer in a glass plate or a piece of white pyrex cookware (like a lasagna dish). To control development, you then put the safelight on the ground under the shelf. Once you like what you see, just stop and fix... Since they're rolls, you can start development using a see-saw technique and once the images start to appear, you can cut them into strips of 3 frames (so they will fit perfect in printfile sleeves) and process the pieces one by one (putting the others in a bowl of water to slow development).

As for developer, you could try Dektol first...
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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2011, 06:36:54 PM »
More Fuji pan goodness!

The F box was the model I used for the fw logo...
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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2011, 08:50:27 PM »
Which in real life turned out like this.
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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2011, 12:00:49 AM »
Well, it all depends on the sensitivity. One of the good things is that since it is processed by inspection, you can "cheat" a bit and use a custom contraption (I saw this in Shutterbug years ago) to get perfect development.

You need to make a glass shelf (angle iron and rubber feet work fine). You put the developer in a glass plate or a piece of white pyrex cookware (like a lasagna dish). To control development, you then put the safelight on the ground under the shelf. Once you like what you see, just stop and fix... Since they're rolls, you can start development using a see-saw technique and once the images start to appear, you can cut them into strips of 3 frames (so they will fit perfect in printfile sleeves) and process the pieces one by one (putting the others in a bowl of water to slow development).

As for developer, you could try Dektol first...


Seems to be a very good idea Francois... I'll keep that in mind ;)
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Re: Panchromatic...
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2011, 12:04:27 AM »
More Fuji pan goodness!

The F box was the model I used for the fw logo...
These are for sure very nice... I never managed scoring one of those !
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