Advice on developing old 620 film

[peterqd]

I never find any nice old gear whenever I look in my local charity shop, I think they must sell it on Ebay if they ever get any. There was just a Pentax MZ50 and 18-55 kit lens there yesterday. But on the bric-a-brac shelf, mixed up with all the old junk, was a Kodak Brownie Box camera which I had a little play with. And inside was an exposed roll of 620 film fully wound. I told the girl in the shop that the two reels are worth more that the whole camera! She let me take the exposed film on the promise that I would show her the negatives when they're developed.

So, I need some advice please about developing. The film is labelled "Kodacolor-X colour negative 620 film". There's no indication of the speed or the correct developing process.

Any ideas?

[Orio]

Kodacolor-X (CX)
Speed: 64/19° (early) 80/20° (late)
Process: C-22
Format: 35 mm, 120, 620, 116, 616, 126, 127, 828
Introduced: 1963
Discontinued: 1974

Kodacolor-X was a color negative film manufactured by Eastman Kodak between 1963 and 1974. It was introduced along with the Kodak Instamatic cameras which used 126 film.
The film was designed to be processed in the C-22 process, which was the predecessor to today's C-41 process.
Only a few specialty labs still process this film, due to the length of discontinuation. Surviving exposed (but unproceesed) Kodacolor-X and C-22 films can still yield color images, although this requires highly specialist development techniques.

Source: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodacolor_(still_photography)

[peterqd]

Thanks Orio, it never occurred to me to Google it or look on Wikipaedia.

There's a lab not too far from me that will develop C-22 film (and many other discontinued types). £20 a roll for negs only. If I knew the provenance of this roll that might be worth paying, but that's a lot of money for 6 or 8 unknown pictures, on the slim chance there might be some that have survived, even if they were properly exposed etc. I was hoping there might be some workaround using B&W chemicals.

[Orio]

[Attila]

Chance to get nothing on roll 90% chance to get crap another 10% even b&w film after 30+yrs exposed rarely show anything good and if show probably family picture only.

[Orio]

[Attila]

[peterqd]

Brian Duffy with a Box Brownie - yeah!

Tell you what Orio, if you sponsor me the £20 I'll send it off for processing and if Brian Duffy took the pics we'll split the proceeds 50/50. Deal?

[Orio]

I experience a sudden drop of interest

[peterqd]

I found a thread on photo.net forum where somebody developed Kodacolor-X in Tri-X with some success. Would you risk it?

[Attila]

[Orio]

Rather than most likely wasting the film in B&W development, I would keep it as it is, and store it.
Maybe one day it will end up in the hands of someone who wants to develop it properly.

[peterqd]

[Orio]