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One of my favorite B&W films. Just shot this a few weeks back. Plus-X in Xtol with a Rolleiflex 6006.
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Any love for Plus-X?
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Nokton48
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Taking an Inventory in my Deepfreeze.
Taking an Inventory in my Deepfreeze.
Some unusual Plus-X films in my deepfreeze:
Eastman Motion Picture 35mm Plus-X 5231, in a 400 foot roll. Bought fresh from Kodak in NYC, sadly no longer available. I believe this is the original formulation of Plus-X, as it is rated at 80 EI in daylight, 64 EI in tungsten. Absolutely lovely in use in a Leica 🙂 There is enough here to load up approx (80) 36 exposure film cartridges.
Two 100' rolls of 70mm Plus-X, which I use in my Hasselblad A70 backs. The old Plus-X, long expired (1981!) but probably still good. Still need to get around to testing it.
70mm Plus-X Aerographic Film 2402, not that old, in a 150' roll. Good for pictorial shooting in a Hasselblad A70 back. Nice film.
Finally a 500' roll of Plus-X Aerorecon Film 3404. This is a thin based film, designed for an aerial filmback. I can load about 250 exposures into a standard Kodak 70mm film cassette, and it works well in the Hasselblad A70 film back. Tough to handle in the dark, but good 70mm film, none the less.
Taking an Inventory in my Deepfreeze.
Some unusual Plus-X films in my deepfreeze:
Eastman Motion Picture 35mm Plus-X 5231, in a 400 foot roll. Bought fresh from Kodak in NYC, sadly no longer available. I believe this is the original formulation of Plus-X, as it is rated at 80 EI in daylight, 64 EI in tungsten. Absolutely lovely in use in a Leica 🙂 There is enough here to load up approx (80) 36 exposure film cartridges.
Two 100' rolls of 70mm Plus-X, which I use in my Hasselblad A70 backs. The old Plus-X, long expired (1981!) but probably still good. Still need to get around to testing it.
70mm Plus-X Aerographic Film 2402, not that old, in a 150' roll. Good for pictorial shooting in a Hasselblad A70 back. Nice film.
Finally a 500' roll of Plus-X Aerorecon Film 3404. This is a thin based film, designed for an aerial filmback. I can load about 250 exposures into a standard Kodak 70mm film cassette, and it works well in the Hasselblad A70 film back. Tough to handle in the dark, but good 70mm film, none the less.
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shadowfox
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Plus-X and FP4 are my favorites for 100 ASA.
They still look like film B&W with nice grain and contrast. In 120, the grain is not apparent anymore.
I don't like modern 100 ASA which are pretty much grain free but also too "grey" for my taste.
One exception , Tmax 100 in Rodinal 1+50 is quite good!
They still look like film B&W with nice grain and contrast. In 120, the grain is not apparent anymore.
I don't like modern 100 ASA which are pretty much grain free but also too "grey" for my taste.
One exception , Tmax 100 in Rodinal 1+50 is quite good!
sanmich
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The thing I've found Plus-x does better than any other film is long exposures on medium format. Its extended mid range gives a lovely palette of silvery grey tones. I develop it for this purpose in XTOL and am very pleased with the results.
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