Agfa 400 APX -New Emulsion B&W film

[Out to Lunch]

I'm off on a trip and have never used this film before. Your best advice regarding dos and don'ts is very welcome. Cheers, Peter

 

[HHPhoto]

I'm off on a trip and have never used this film before. Your best advice regarding dos and don'ts is very welcome. Cheers, Peter

Peter,
AgfaPhoto APX 400 New Emulsion (New Emulsion is not printed anymore on the current boxes, by the way) is just Kentmere 400 film.
In a different packaging. And at a significantly higher price. Same is valid for Rollei RPX 400, also only Kentmere 400 at a much higher price.
Kentmere 100 and 400 have a worse AHU compared to FP4+/HP5+, resulting in less sharpness and resolution and a bit of halo-effect in backlighting situations.

Cheers, Jan

 

[DominikDUK]

As HHPhoto said it's Kentmere 400 but unlike RPX400 (35mm, 120 and I believe 4x5) it's not available in other film formats 35mm only. The grain is not the finest and the grain structure is not everyones cup of tea. Otherwise a very Ilford film, it seems to look great pushed by one stop which ads some contrast to an otherwise rather flat film.

 

[p.giannakis]

It is a good film. Reminds me Foma400 a lot, quite milky results. I tried in Rodinal and HC110, Rodinal gave grain the size of a football. With HC110 is much better, experiment to get a bit higher contrast (although you can correct it on a computer).
Overall, I prefer the T-Max and HP5+ films but if I find them cheap, I will buy again. Good film for an everyday film photographer on a budget.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Many thanks Jan and Dominik and giannakis. I bought this film mid-2016, in Bucharest. The box is grey, the lettering is b&w/red and the 'new emulsion', and '400 ISO' is printed in green. As far as I remember, it was not very expensive. It expires Nov 2019. I'll give it my best and post whenever I can develop & scan the film in Ho Chi Minh City. Many thanks for your feedback.



On a related note, I have some TriX and Tmax...expired about a year and a half ago. These rolls were in the freezer for about a year. I am currently living in the tropics and I wonder if these rolls will have degraded a lot or a little. Many thanks for your best advice. Cheers, Peter

 

[sebastel]

after some time in the freezer, most probably only the base fog will be a bit higher (due to the extended exposure to natural radioactivity). but after a year or two, my guess is that you'll just notice it when comparing to a newly produced film.

cheers,
s.