Every Film Ever › Ansco › / GAF Superpan Press film
B&W Negative · ISO unknown Discontinued
Image: Jim Palmer, Camera Heritage Museum
A fast press film from the Binghamton years, sold in rollfilm, film packs and sheets. Made before ASA ratings existed, so the data sheet gives meter numbers instead: Weston 100 and General Electric 125.
Jim Palmer of the Camera Heritage Museum in Staunton, Virginia shot five boxes that expired in May 1945 and reported back. He landed on EI 32, developed in D-76 at 1+1 for 13 minutes at 68°F, and got printable negatives from 81 year old film, with heavy fog and mottling in the skies. The box in the photograph holds 24 sheets of 4x5, emulsion number 487-799, made by Agfa Ansco in Binghamton, New York. Photographed, tested and documented by Jim Palmer, Camera Heritage Museum, Staunton, VA.
This film is discontinued. It usually turns up on eBay as expired stock, so check the storage history before buying.
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