Film rescue for a (probably) Kodak VR200 emulsion from the early 90s. Same canister as a current Colorplus 200 emulsion, but way older emulsion. Found in a “thrift market” camera. Expired and shot an undefined time period ago – likely the 90s. Keeping conditions most likely hellish.
To add insult to injury, battery acid had leaked into it – emulsion seems to have been badly hit, and the canister was also corroded. I gave it a 2 hour presoak, to try and get as much leftover acid out. As developer is a base, it DEFINITELY wouldn’t have enjoyed it’s pH lowered by the acid salts (or whatever) were left in there. Battery acid scars below:
Even so, either due to the remaining chemical contamination and/or age/keeping conditions, film seems to have been BADLY underdeveloped and color-twisted. Either that, or there was not much latent image to develop.
Still, some images seem to have emerged – better seen in BW, as there was no actual color left. Judging by how the people and the house looks, I’d say early 90s, likely Germany/Austria. These sorts of films often appear in Romanian markets, so…
Lesson learned – this was intentionally developed in a separate tank, with one-shot C41 chemistry. Think of the damage this would’ve done to a C41 minilab developing line…
References about probable emulsion:
https://sniggiscameras.de/produkt/1x-kodacolor-vr-200-plus/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_discontinued_photographic_films#Kodak