Kodak Verichrome Pan 620 from Belair, South Australia

Sue from Belair in South Australia found this roll of undeveloped Kodak Verichrome Pan type 620 film. Verichrome Pan was a very popular amateur film introduced in 1956 and finally discontinued in 1995. The 620 format would become unpopular by 1970s. Thus, the film was most likely exposed in the 1960s or 1970s.

It was developed in Barry Thornton's 2-bath developer for 4.5 minutes in bath A and 4.5 minutes in bath B. There were three exposed images on the roll, and the main subject of each photograph was a dog (apparently, an Australian Terrier). This is reminiscent of the first roll of undeveloped film that I processed. It also came from South Australia and included two dogs and presumably the photographer's grandparents in their backyard.

Kodak Verichrome film both panchromatic and its earlier orthochromatic version is remarkable for its ability to preserve latent images. There is very little fog on this roll, no noticeable increase in grain or loss of contrast. Overall, the negatives look like they were taken on a fresh film stock.