At 05:18 PM 31/03/2002 -0500, Walt Wayman wrote:
>I must've missed the beginning of this discussion, having deleted
>a lot of stuff unread lately because of other things to do and a
>lack of interest in some topics, but Verichrome Pan was NOT
>a "slide" film. It was a 125 ASA B&W negative film, available
>only as roll film, neither as sheet or 35mm. It may be the only
>Kodak "-chrome" film that's not a slide film, so that part of its
>name doesn't count. But the "pan" part means it was panchromatic,
>as opposed to orthochromatic, which I doubt many of the younger
>folks here even know there ever was any such a thing as.
Actually, I realized the mistake about one nanosecond after I sent the message,
but it was one of those "Ah, what the Hell" moments for me, and I *knew* that
someone would catch it and correct it.
And yeah, I knew about the difference between pan and ortho, and why it was
called "Pan." *** HEAVY SIGH ***
Oh well, whatever. I suspect it was called "Verichrome Pan" because it was
Kodak's way of saying it's "Truly All-Chromatic." ;-)
Garth
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