Kodak 5222 Double-X in my FSU R.F.'s

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Great stuff. I have about 50 feet left in my bulk loader and another 400 feet in my freezer. If they made it in 120 format I would not shoot anything else.

I look forward to seeing what you do with it.
 
Maybe I want to sell it in 135-36? Not everybody want to order for the minimum quantity somewhere in Europe for a can of 122m/400ft (72 pcs. 135-36 films) or more.
 
I have 400ft of old Kodak 50D for $50 and it is OK to develop as BW and print from it.
It works fine in my RFs Leica and FSU, I pushed it through buch of P&S as well. It could also works as color negative film :)

5222 Double-X is better, no doubt comparing to old 50D. But I'm getting no buzz about this film fuzz for the price above equal amount of 400 Kentmere if not HP5 and nothing better on prints.
 
Prices for Ilford/Harman products can vary wordwide 30%-40% which is the same for Kodak products. If you can buy bulk film in a range of € 1 - € 1,30 / meter it is still interesting. Kodak 5222 Double-X is more on the same level as Tri-X 400 or HP5+. Just a bit slower in speed, iso 250 in daylight, iso 200 in tungsten light.
I also tested the APX-100 (new)/ Kentmere 100 versus the original APX-100 film but then you can see Kentmere is a cheap film. The same for the Kentmere 400. It won't be my film in general use. The old APX-100 was in R09/Rodinal a real winner which I can not say for the Kentmere equivalent. Then the better choice will be FP4+ in ID-11/D76 or HC-110.

All films have their own points but what I have seen from Double-X it is a first class Kodak produkt. I was happy that I could try some few meters before buying above 122m/400ft reels.
 
I see raving on couple of forums about Kodak 5222 on scans, but I'm into printing as final result.

I'm not so sophisticated darkroom user, but next to primitive and I haven't seen anything special in any Kodak 135 format bw film, but new TRI-X. This is the only film I would feel the difference on my prints.

In 135 format I used Kentmere 100 and 400 in quantity of few hundreds feets of each and printed some as well.
No noticeable difference from Kodak TMAX 100 and 400 on 8x10 and smaller prints.

I guess, I need a lot of practice in the darkroom to be able to see more difference.
 
I can tell you in the darkroom there is a huge difference when printing from 35mm Fomapan 400/Retropan 320 soft or TMY-2 (Tmax-400). The same for this XX film even comparing with Tri-X 400.


BTW I am printing till 40x50cm.
 
Geen probleem. Double-X 135-36 (Kodak) en Retropan 320 Soft (Foma) 135-36 en 135-12 staan gewoon te koop in de web shop. Beide films worden normaal alleen als meterwaren aangeboden. En de prijs van XX is alleen deze en komende maand nog op dit lage nivo.
 
I am a fan of 5222 'Double-X', I think it's a wonderful B+W film. Very classic look to my eyes. I still have some in my freezer -- thank you for reminding me about this excellent film.

Please post some images with your FSU cameras, I'm always interested in your results!

This photo was taken with my Leica M7 + Zeiss Planar 50/2 (not FSU camera, sorry). Developed in D-76. I love the tones and grain of 'Double-X'.

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Eastman 5222 XX wet-prints MUCH better than it scans.
But it does scan so very, very well. And it is flat as flat can be.
Fibre silver prints up to 11x14" have a really nice look to them.
I enjoy it's retro qualities.
 
OK, first strips are hanging to dry. Kodak 5222 XX in my Kiev-4AM with Jupiter-8M. E.I. 250 and developed in HC-110 (B). They are looking great!
 
Our (in the mean time famous? ) test bear: XX on E.I. 250 in HC-110 (B) for 6:20 minutes at 20C. Kiev-4AM with Jupiter-8M at F/8. Daylight with reflection screen.

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Mr. Stip, boring and waiting .....

Kiev-4AM + Jupiter-8M. XX on E.I. 250.

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BTW I tested that Kiev R.F. shutter and the test bear from 1/250S - 1S (1S = "B" + self-timer). All Grey cards had the same density so the acuracy from that Kiev-4AM shutter is not bad at all!
 
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