Agfa motion picture topics (Apr 1937-June 1940)

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Record Details:

Title:
Agfa motion picture topics
Date:
Apr 1937-June 1940
Publisher:
Hollywood : C. King Charney, Inc.
Volume:
Agfa motion picture topics (Apr 1937-June 1940)
Leaf #:
00082
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 02, 2024
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AGFA SUPERPAN PORTRAIT FILM NEW AGFA SUPERPAN PRESS FILM Both pictures lit with 500 Watt spotlight. Exposures: 5 seconds at f : 1 28. Normal development and printing. cautioned against using Superpan Press film for outdoor exposures unless their cameras are equipped with high-speed shutters. Darkroom Handling Superpan Press film requires the same care in darkroom handling as does any high-speed panchromatic film. It is advisable to load, unload and develop this film in total darkness. Tank development is therefore best. Any rapid developer containing sufficient potassium bromide can be used with this film. The Agfa No. 47 Metol-hydroquinone developer is a good, clean working formula which will give maximum film speed and full gradation: Water (about 125° F.) ......... 3 quarts Agfa Metol .......... 88 grains Agfa Sodium Sulphite (anhydrous) ....... 6 ounces Agfa Sodium Bisulphite ......... 60 grains Agfa Hydroquinone . . ....... 74 oz. 70 gr. Agfa Sodium Carbonate (monohydrated) . . . . % oz. 20 gr. Agfa Potassium Bromide ........ 47 grains Water to make ........... I gallon This developer need not be diluted for use. Normal development time is 6 to 8 minutes at 65° F., with regular agitation. For softer negatives, a formula such as the Agfa No. 17 Borax developer is excellent. In this, Superpan Press film normally requires from I 2 to 14 minutes at 65° F. Superpan Press fiim fixes rapidly in any standard fixing bath. The dye of the anti-halation backing is effectively decolorized by the developer, without having any effect on the solution, and leaving the negative normally clear, Page Twenty