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Agfa 35Mm Black & White Film
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We have a section of AGFA b & w negative film and many years ago AGFA produced colour pictures from it. This was arranged by my father-in-law in Norway and we have seen the colour prints from the black and white film strip that we have. The package says that colour prints and slides can be produced. How does this work?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Colour (negative) film normally has a 'correcting mask' (giving it, typically, an orange colour) which is beneficial in the printing process. If you try to get black-and-white prints from such films you usually get poor results because the mask results in a 'washed out' look to the resultant images.
However in 1956 Agfa introduced Agfacolor CN-17 Universal Colour Negative Film, which didn't have the orange mask. That made the negatives look very much like those from B&W film and meant that the user could choose between (relatively cheap) B&W prints or (far more expensive) colour ones. The film remained in production until 1968.
Take a look at the edges of the negatives. It's likely that you'll see 'CN-17' there.
Sourced from some distant memories of photography in the 1960s, supported by this:
http:// www.pho tomemor abilia. co.uk/C olour_D arkroom /Early_ Agfa.ht ml#anch orAgfa1 5o
However in 1956 Agfa introduced Agfacolor CN-17 Universal Colour Negative Film, which didn't have the orange mask. That made the negatives look very much like those from B&W film and meant that the user could choose between (relatively cheap) B&W prints or (far more expensive) colour ones. The film remained in production until 1968.
Take a look at the edges of the negatives. It's likely that you'll see 'CN-17' there.
Sourced from some distant memories of photography in the 1960s, supported by this:
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