Adox CMS 20

i was going to try it out as an alternative to the regular adox 25 (until i found some). interested to see results. do you guys think diafine would work well with it? diafine and adox 25 are a match made in heaven!
 
enochRoot: I would fancy Diafine wouldn't work with it, as CMS20 is a microfilm and is sold with special developer.

I've shot a roll or two and was very impressed by the tonality. However, it has a propensity for light piping through the clear film carrier material, so you have to be careful to load your camera in subdued light.

Philipp
 
Is there some advantage in using these materials over ordinary ones in a larger format? I haven't even thought about trying TechPan since buying medium format gear. Should I reconsider?
 
Bryce: well, it's IMHO slightly better than the ISO 100 material I used in medium format (FP4). It's not better than Efke 50 in medium format, but the speed advantage of Efke 50 is eaten up by the slower lenses. I don't shoot large format, but I can't imagine it's better on enlargement than large format, and you would lose the advantage of being able to tune the development process to the individual negative. I guess the main advantage is that you can use 35mm gear which is usually lighter, has faster optics and is more technically sophisticated ;)

On the other hand, if you want to make really big enlargements you'll have to use a tripod anyway due to camera shake since at 1/60 you get f/5.6 to f/8 in sunlight.

The big advantage is tonality on larger enlargements from 35mm negatives, which can be an advantage in daylight street photography.

If I were you, I'd just try it out.

Philipp
 
Nachkebia said:
enochRoot : Can you show us images from adox 25? thanks :)
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i would love to, and will eventually...but i am still sans scanner. i plan on getting one when i get back from the trip i'm about to take (mid to late sept). so if you are still interested then...i'll be uploading many photos. i kind of dread the scanning process though as i have so many rolls. it is going to be a daunting task.

rxmd said:
enochRoot: I would fancy Diafine wouldn't work with it, as CMS20 is a microfilm and is sold with special developer.
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thanks. might still be worth one roll to try it out as i'm not too keen on messing with all the time/temp/agitation of other developers...i'm lazy ;)
 
Actually the developer is very easy to use. One-shot developer at 1+24, 20°C (which I use for all other developers, too), 5 minutes, agitation twice per minute, and all this data is written on the bottle, too ;)

Philipp
 
Here is a sample I shot, hand held. Second image is a 1:1 crop of the scan at 5000dpi.
 

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Well, I am also interested in this film, but what I'm seeing in Lloyd's photo is poor black/shadow tones and blown out highlights. So... I'd rather have some grain and nice tonality...
 
I have a question about this film. Which I'm sure has a very simple answer. The lowest iso on my camera is 25, how would I set it to shoot iso20? -1/3 a stop? A full stop down? Maybe up a stop?
 
Eddie90723 said:
I have a question about this film. Which I'm sure has a very simple answer. The lowest iso on my camera is 25, how would I set it to shoot iso20? -1/3 a stop? A full stop down? Maybe up a stop?
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ISO (ASA) 20 is 1/3 stop slower than ISO 25. It probably won't make a big difference, since a lot of films seem to like a bit of overexposure. If you want to be a purist about it, use a properly calibrated hand held meter.
 
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