Adox CMS 20

[Nachkebia]

Check this out! nice alternative I have to say, some still life, day light portrait, abstract, fine art, landscape, excellent 🙂 Will try it for sure 🙂

http://www.imx.nl/photosite/technical/adox/t005.html

 

[Silva Lining]

It's available in the UK through Retrophotographic too! I have a 5 roll tester pack on order - includes special developer

http://www.retrophotographic.co.uk/

 

[enochRoot]

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!

 

[Nachkebia]

Silva Lining : Thanks for the info.
enochRoot : Can you show us images from adox 25? thanks 🙂

 

[rxmd]

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

 

[Schlapp]

What about kodak Fine grain release positive. Now that's fine grain!

 

[Bryce]

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?

 

[Nachkebia]

Schlapp : I thought kodak stop producing some stuff 🙂 even stinky digi cams 🙂

 

[Abbazz]

Thank you for the info, Nachkebia. This film seems very interesting. You can order it from J&C Photo in the States.

Cheers,

Abbazz

 

[rxmd]

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

 

[enochRoot]

enochRoot : Can you show us images from adox 25? thanks 🙂

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.

enochRoot: I would fancy Diafine wouldn't work with it, as CMS20 is a microfilm and is sold with special developer.

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 😉

 

[rxmd]

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

 

[LKSC]

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

 

[Nachkebia]

Excellent Lloyd Chan, thanks for the post!

 

[sleepyhead]

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...

 

[Eddie90723]

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?

 

[oftheherd]

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?

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.