Michael Kopp wrote:
Actually, I knew that, but it's "aerographic" film. I don't think there
would be much similarity between the old 35 mm Pan-X and the aerial stuff.
And I _really_ doubt it could be reversal processed.
You'd be surprised how similar it is. The biggest difference
seems to be the thin Estar base -- think Tech Pan or HIE with
their very thin, tough, hard to load base.
I'm sure it could be reversal processed, though I haven't tried
it myself. But I develop mine in D-76 at ordinary darkroom
temperatures and times, it does not require the special chemistry
and higher temperatures used for commercial aerographic
processing, those are just conveniences for processing commercial
(or military) volumes of film with scientific precision.
If you don't have 70mm equipment, I'm sure for a large enough
minimum order you could get Kodak to run a batch in 35mm. That's
how Infrared Aerographic III came out in 35mm while Kodak was
still selling the older IR Ektachrome in 35mm.
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