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A few months back I found a box of cameras and films in an empty mill...

The kodacolor is wound back in so guessing there are some images on there. Not too sure about the agfa movie chrome 40.


films by JB Stills, on Flickr


film by JB Stills, on Flickr

I'm curious to see what's on the films but will the movie one be ruined as the film is visible?

The kodacolor is C-41 so guessing it can be developed anywhere but where would the agfa be developed if it still can be?

What happens if there is anything dodgy on there (highly unlikely I know) presuming they wouldn't give the images but would I still have to pay for the processing?

And has anyone any ideas on the age of the films (no dates on the cases)?
 
I'd drop your 35mm into your local tesco or Asda, they don't usually charge if there's nothing on the film and it's only 99p or £1.98 to dev + £1 if you want it scanned onto CD.

You should be able to get your Moviechrome processed here Super8 Reversal Lab

They're in Holland so there will be a little extra in postage.

The film shouldn't be damaged as it's in a cassette so only a small bit is exposed to the light at the gate.
 
If you want to sure that you will get any images off either of those then try 'Process C-22'. They specialise in old, outdated and obsolete film formats, its fairly expensive for still film (£35 for dev and prints, but if theres no images then they only charge dev) but they are usually very successful and have successfully recovered images from 65 year old Dufaycolor's. I would use them for the Agfa Moviechrome 40 as its a specialist product that will require careful processing and they include a DVD of any footage. They ask to call them for Super 8 processing though.

http://processc22.webs.com/

For the C-41 I would use Peak Imaging for a simple develop and scan for £6.96 plus £2.75 postage. If you want to be sure that the film will develop fine then you can ask for a clip test for £1.94 where they develop the 1st three frames and then adjust the developing time etc if needed for the rest of the role for optimum quality. If theres nothing on it then they will only charge develop at about £3 - £4.

http://www.peak-imaging.com/htmls/process_and_scan_to_cd.htm

The age of the Agfa super would be about 15 - 30 years as I have found some on the internet dated late 80's and apparently it always develops well no matter how old. The Kodak C-41 I'm not too sure about but its from after 1982 as they didn't introduce any faster than ISO 100 until then. I suspect its from the 90's though and before about 2002 as they branded Kodacolour as 'Gold' after that.
 
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I have a similar dilemna.

I have an old baby Brownie with a film fully wound on.

I know the last few shots will be spoiled as I (And no doubt other) have opened the back, but is there any likelyhood that there ae ANY shots worth keeping?

After all, the camera wasn't exactly high tech, was it.
 
s162216 said:
The Kodak C-41 I'm not too sure about but its from after 1982 as they didn't introduce any faster than ISO 100 until then. I suspect its from the 90's though and before about 2002 as they branded Kodacolour as 'Gold' after that.
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You can still get hold of non 'gold' kodacolor film from poundland and max spielman (last lot I had was dated 08/2012!), I'm pretty sure that's the exact same canister infact, don't have any here to check. Think its imported stuff as its not on the Kodak website.
 
The only stuff (to my knowledge) thats still branded as Kodacolour is Kodak Colour Plus that you get as a free film etc from Jessops and can buy if you really want budget film (its crap!). Its a much older film emulsion than the Gold which itself is just a re-naming of the last Kodacolour emulsion.

The fact that its DXn encoded also could help date it as the 'n' was an addition to the DX standard but I can't find when it was added on.
 
Thanks for all the response. I'll check out the links and get them sent off for developing and see what's on them!
 
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