Developing old film found in ebay camera

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I got another Zeiss Ikon Nettar from ebay, and there was a roll of Kodak Plus-x pan prof film in it with one shot left.
The film looks quite old. The backing paper is faded brown with yellow lettering.

Any tips for developing it regarding how long,etc, or should I just follow normal developing times?
Looking on the net, I think the film is iso 125.

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Usually folks will advise long stand development. I did this for a film (same type) my brother found a few years ago and wanted to write poems about the pictures on it for his Masters degree. Folks use Rodinal (or in my case home brew Parodinal) at 1+100 for 1 hour. 30 seconds agitation at start then 30 seconds after 30 minutes.
 
I don't have any Rodinal, I should have said I'll be using Ilfosol 3, Ilfostop, and Rapid Fix.
I forgot to say so in my 1st post, sorry.
 
Thanks a lot, David. I'll do some research on stand developing. I've tried developing some 20 year old films of mine which haven't been coming out too well, so it might help me there as well.

Cheers
 
I have stand developed in several different developers all at 1:100 solution, rodinal, lc29 and hc-110 to name a few .

Basically the process involves souping the film in a very week solution over over a lengthy period of time .
Any mix of films can be souped together be they b&w or colour.

Tbh I don’t believe there are any real hard and fast rules concerning which developer , what dilution or indeed the time duration.
1:100 for an hour however does seemto be a general guideline

Just be aware that lack of contrast will be evident on all the resulting negatives.
 
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I'm used to lack of contrast, it seems to be a speciality of mine!
I'll try some stand developing on my own films first, there might be some decent pictures on the Kodak roll, and I don't really want to mess it up on my first attempt at doing this.
Cheers Asha.
 
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