B&W Film Manufacturer's Roundup

[Roman]

I just remembered one more film - Polypan F, which is sold only in 35mm format in bulk rolls, very inexpensive, rumored to be based on a movie film emulsion, but I don't know the manufacturer.

Roman

 

[Roman]

And let's not forget the MINOPAN range of B&W films although they are only for the MINOX 😀 .
Mike.

Isn't Minopan Agfa APX100?

Roman

 

[bmattock]

Hey Bill,
Let me know if you want to try some 🙂
Best
Mike.

Yes, please! I'll be happy to reimburse you for whatever the film & mailing it to me would cost!

And THANK YOU!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[mtokue]

Isn't Minopan Agfa APX100?

Roman

Hi Roman,
Could very well be!, Not sure. I just use it! It comes as Minopan 25, 100 and 400
Mike.

Bill, am sending you a PM.

 

[Pherdinand]

As far as i know, Azomures in Romania stopped producing film (azopan) as well as paper and chemicals. Still does produce lots of chemicals, but not for photography. Either it's gone or they sold the branch to someone else. Anyway, in Romania I didn't see lately any Azopan for sale. Not even old stock.

The azomures website also does not say anything about their photographic chemical product line.

 

[rbiemer]

Lots of good info, folks! I don't have anything to add about the "who makes which" part but I use Babelfish quite abit and, yes it works fairly well. Occasionally, it won't depending on how the web page is put together. I think it looks for "text" and if what you see on the page is all "images" it cant see the words? And the translation can be amusingly surreal-- I was slowly working my way through a chinese web site and it took me a while to figure out that "skin box" is "leather case".
Rob

 

[mtokue]

"skin box" is "leather case".
Rob

LOL LOVE that Its pritty simmilar in Japanese too.
Mike.

 

[bmattock]

I like to use Babelfish to translate words and phrases from English to other languages and then back again. My own last name, "Mattocks" translates into Chinese as something I can't post here, but then translating it back to English, I get "Crane mouth hoe."

Technically kind of correct - a 'mattock' is a type of pick-axe with a head shaped like a crane's bill. So, I guess I could be a crane-mouth 'ho. Sounds insulting, doesn't it?

Best Regards,

Bill Crane-Mouth Hoe

 

[rbiemer]

I have talked about this with some friends and then stopped cuz they thought I wasmaking fun of the other culture/language--which I am absolutely NOT. I had to go try my name, but no such fun.
Rob

 

[Doug]

As a long-time user of Ilford XP film I was intrigued by Fuji Neopan CN, supposedly developed with Ilford's help. I've now used some of the Fuji and it appears identical to XP2 Super. From what I've heard, it's very possible it IS repackaged XP2 Super.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I didn't even know there was such a thing as C-41 B&W Fuji film. Does it cost the same as XP2?

 

[Doug]

I didn't even know there was such a thing as C-41 B&W Fuji film. Does it cost the same as XP2?

Hard to say... The Fuji isn't sold in the US, nor reportedly even in Japan, and I haven't come across one dealer who sells both. I bought some Neopan 400CN from Robert White in the UK for £2.35 (that's $4.29 currently)/roll of 36 exp., and I see B&H offers XP2 Super 36 exp. at $3.79

 

[mtokue]

Yeah I have been after some Fuji Neopan 400CN, Perhaps the next time I'm back in the UK...I have read that Fuji has licensed some of the technology from Ilford but that it isnt simply repackaged XP2. I was directed to the film via an article on the washington post HERE
and consequently looking at the works by Jeff Ascough HERE
Mike.

 

[Doug]

Yes, I too have read about Fuji licensing technology from Ilford, which seems a little strange on reflection, but I have not seen it said with authority that Ilford doesn't simply manufacture the film for Fuji. In a side-by-side comparison they sure look the same to me, but of course that's not proof.