Did I Miss Something?!?! - Agfa APX100 In Stock?

[dcsang]

I MUST have missed the announcement sometime ago but I was browsing @ B&H because I'm all out of 100 ASA/ISO film and I saw, to my surprise, that AGFA's APX100 is a "New Arrival" and in stock!

Is the formula the same as the "old" APX100?
I thought AGFA, for the most part, went the way of the do-do.

Clarification and assistance appreciated on this

Cheers,
Dave

 

[furcafe]

FWIW, the most recent thread on this:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134819

 

[dcsang]

Interesting.... So not the old APX formula but something completely different... hmmmm

Dave

 

[NeeZee]

I shot 2 rolls of the new APX100 recently. The old one was one of my favourites. That said, the new one doesn't seem to bad and here in Germany the biggest drug store chain offers it for a very good price which makes it the most available b/w film. Here are two examples (both pushed to 200 though, probably less grainy and contrasty at 100) shot with a Rollei 35T and developed in Rodinal 1+50 (already posted in the Rollei 35 picture thread).

 

[nikonosguy]

Dave -- i've shot several rolls

i like it

 

[Fotohuis]

It is typical a Kentmere 100/Ilford-Harman production because Lupus needed a film to put in their Agfa Photo brand boxes.

 

[dcsang]

If it's like Kentmere I can live with it. Sure it's not the "old" Agfa APX (still have 2 rolls of that in the freezer) but it's not "all bad" I'm sure.

Thanks guys

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Fotohuis]

Old Agfa APX film production stopped in end 2005/2006.

 

[pschauss]

I shot 2 rolls of the new APX100 recently. The old one was one of my favourites. That said, the new one doesn't seem to bad and here in Germany the biggest drug store chain offers it for a very good price which makes it the most available b/w film.
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It happens that I am going to Germany at the end of this week. Is the new APX100 available in 120 form or just 35mm? Which drug store chain sells it?

 

[slidesandthecity]

AFAIK it's only 35mm.
It's sold by DM (and maybe also Rossmann but I'm not sure about that).

 

[Fotohuis]

Kentmere 100/400 is also only available in 35mm format.

 

[Bille]

AFAIK it's only 35mm.
It's sold by DM (and maybe also Rossmann but I'm not sure about that).

"DM" has APX100, "Rossmann" sells Kodak bw 400. 35mm only.

 

[rolfe]

Glad I laid in 200 rolls of the original stuff while it was being sold off at fire-sale prices!

A Day at the Beach, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Leica M6, 50mm C-Sonnar, APX-100, Rodinal

 

[stompyq]

Anyone develop the new APX in Diafine? I really hope it's not like kentmere bc that sucks in Diafine while the old APX didn't