Ilford Pan F 50

Shot a roll today at a greenhouse in a local park. The light is incredible in there when the sun is out, diffused through the glass. I thought it was a good test for my new 35mm Biogon to take some pics of my daughter in there. I have two more rolls that I need to develop next time I get in the darkroom so I'll do them all together.
 
I was poking around in the basement of Midwest Photo one Saturday, and found a short-dated CASE of 120 Ilford Pan F+. JimmyA offered it to me at a price I couldn't resist, so I loaded it all into my deep-freeze. Heh-Heh!

Last year, Freestyle had Pan F+ (labeled Aristo) for $11/100' roll. I bought fifteen rolls of that. So I'm set for 35mm and 120 Pan F for quite a while.

Just bulk-rolled off (tonight) the first 100', and I ended up with exactly nineteen 36 exp rolls. I've got some Rodinal I was going to use further with my XX film, but now, I'm going to -save it- to use with my PanF+. What a combination.
 
I can't let Y'all have all the fun...

I can't let Y'all have all the fun...

Gruene, Texas. October 26, 2008. Pentax 6x7 with 45mm & 105mm lenses. PanF+. Rodinal 1:100 for an hour.

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Cheers!
 
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So sue me!

So sue me!

30 seconds, give or take. I counted "1 thousand 1, 1 thousand 2..." I was guessing at reciprocity failure. 30 seconds turned out to be at least 2 stops overexposed.

Yes, a tripod was involved. And mirror lock up. 😉😎
 
Back in high school all I want was Pan-X (50 ASA) Plus-X was for sissies and don't even come near my gear with any of that Tri-X...Lately all I've been shooting is Tri-X or Neopan 400...and I do own several tripods...
 
I like Pan-F a lot, shoot a box speed and soak it in Diafine. Back a few years when Ilford was in trouble, Pan-F seemed to have been discontinued so I bought up a "lifetime supply" of it in both 35 and 120! Love the smooth fine tonality. Sorry, nothing scanned yet...
 
venchka said:
Most don't even know how to change ISO.

"You can fix anything in Photoshop" is the mantra.
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Isn't it about time we quit this stuff. The war is over - if it ever existed at all:bang:

Although the latter may (allegedly) be true for some high end fashionistas, it certainly isn't the case for any one I know who shoots digital.

Mike
 
gb hill said:
I bought a roll of Pan F to try awhile back. Haven't had the chance to shoot it yet. I thought of developing in Perceptol. Any one ever tried developing with it?
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Pan-F in 120 works well in perceptol, it's the only B&W film/developer I've kept using since switching to E6 and Kodachrome (my latest infatuation).
 
No harm meant

No harm meant

sojournerphoto said:
Isn't it about time we quit this stuff. The war is over - if it ever existed at all:bang:

Although the latter may (allegedly) be true for some high end fashionistas, it certainly isn't the case for any one I know who shoots digital.

Mike
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Mike,

I meant no harm and certainly no war. Just poking a little fun. 😀

I'll be nice.

Wayne
 
I'm really pleased that there are so many happy users of Pan F as it's been one of my personal favourites for a long, long time. I like using in on gloomy, wintry days, not just bright sunny ones. It's much more versatile than is commonly regarded and complements rangefinder photography brilliantly. Much under-rated IMHO. I think it is particularly good in Perceptol, another under-rated product.
 
PMK is a nice film. When I don't mind using a slow film, I tend to use it quite a lot.

I find the grain to be quite fine even in 35mm.

My favourite developer with it is, perhaps surprisingly, PMK. Pan-F Plus does not stain very much in pyrogallol, but despite my disappointment with my first developed roll, I printed a few shots off it and was surprised that the wonderful tonality.

PMK is now my standard developer for Pan-F Plus in both 35mm and 120. I get a full 50 speed out of it.
 
PhotoJim said:
PMK is a nice film. When I don't mind using a slow film, I tend to use it quite a lot.

I find the grain to be quite fine even in 35mm.

My favourite developer with it is, perhaps surprisingly, PMK. Pan-F Plus does not stain very much in pyrogallol, but despite my disappointment with my first developed roll, I printed a few shots off it and was surprised that the wonderful tonality.

PMK is now my standard developer for Pan-F Plus in both 35mm and 120. I get a full 50 speed out of it.
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Pyro PMK is also my favorite developer for Ilford Pan F+. It wet prints like silk, in 120 and also in 35mm. And I also get full EI 50 speed from it, although I do mix my own, and have a stockpile of Amidol, so I add a shot of that, right before use, which makes it "Pyro PMK-Plus". Supposed to add another 1/3 stop speed, but I do it because it's habit.
 
Keith said:
Is this why people go digital ... just change the ISO setting? 😛
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That, or, in my case, shoot XP2 Super, which, within reason, you can dial up or down on the same roll, and soup it normally. (Ostensibly between EI 50 and 800, but on the high end I'd likely stop at 640.)

Haven't use Pan F 50 much (or its late-lamented rival, Panatomic-X), but liked what I saw when I did. For me, it's sort of a special-purpose film for certain projects, whereas various ISO 400 films are standard-issue.


- Barrett
 
Pan F+ Developer of Choice?

Pan F+ Developer of Choice?

I've recently succumbed to the lure of Pan F+ and bought a couple of rolls. I've been shooting a fair amount at night recently and find the slow speed a real boon for getting some motion in the frame.

It would appear that Perceptol gets the most votes for developer of choice, with PMK running in second place. Are there any other favorite developers for this film? Is trusty ol' D76 a good performer with it?

Thanks,
 
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