One more: What to do with APX 25?

[venchka]

This message was waiting for me this morning:

APX 25 - Yesterday, 10:00 AM

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Wayne,
I was digging through my freezer stock and found 4-5 rolls.
Would you like it ?

Shoot me a PM.

I think I have some Rodinal around here also.

😀 😀 😀 😀

I had to think about this offer for about half a nano second.

I read Stephanie's thread about what to do with APX 25. I will reserve at least one roll for my grandbabies with 50-75-90-135 lenses.

Architectural subjects sound good. Some folks have mentioned long exposures to eliminate people and vehicles from a scene. How long does it take to get that effect? Minutes? Hours? Any idea where I can get reciprocity loss figures for APX 25?

Botanical and formal gardens appeal to me. I own several lenses that focus closer than 3 feet. Close-ups and macro work could be fun. There is a Japanese garden in Houston that I need to visit. Perhaps the really long exposure technique would work there.

Really wide perspective. I'm pondering that one.

Any ideas we've missed for slow, fine grain film?

What developer have y'all used with APX 25? My first reaction is Rodinal. Simply because it's been too darn long since I lived in Germany and used Agfa film & Rodinal. Any other ideas? How should I develop the film to cut the ISO rating to 12 or even 6 for L O N G exposures?

I'm having fun again. 🙂

 

[Jamie123]

Any ideas we've missed for slow, fine grain film?

How about using it to practice loading a plastic reel in daylight 😉

Ok, so maybe it's not the best way to use APX 25 but it's definitely not been mentioned so far!

 

[payasam]

Can't say anything about reciprocity failure, speed rating, developer. An exposure of, say, five minutes ought to knock out moving pedestrians and vehicles. In daylight you'd need a suitable neutral density filter, but you'd still get a sort of ghosting if many people or objects pass. After dark, there's the bother of lights. The idea of close focus on botanical subjects sounds good. Even in a breeze, whatever you focus on should spend enough time at the place where it ought to be. Bracketing would be good. Exposures, I mean: and, if you're really serious about this thing, development as well.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

just shoot it.

todd

 

[Richard Black]

Anything you want, but I don't think it would be too good for astrophotography. Portraits are particularly nice.

 

[venchka]

just shoot it.

todd

There you go! Thanks Todd.

I have found the official AGFA data sheet for Rodinal. That should point me in the right direction.

Don't think. Just shoot. I'll get my brain programmed like that one of these days.

Thanks y'all!

 

[PhotoJim]

I shot my last roll at Elk Island National Park in Alberta, Canada two years ago this month. I got some good pictures of trees against the sky, lots of interesting shapes.

APX 25 was a nice film.

I'm shooting a little Efke 25 now. It isn't the same, but it's very interesting.

 

[venchka]

One really serious question & then I will "just shoot it."

What other developers have you used with APX 25 with great results?

 

[kaiyen]

I've only dev'ed it in ID-11 and Rodinal - mostly the latter. These are my 120 times: EI 15, ID-11 1+1 13:00

EI 15 Rodinal 1+25 6:00

I rated it so low because it ws expired by 8 years and I wasn't sure if it had been refrigerated the whole time. Shadow detail was even better than expected to 20 would've been sufficient.

allan

 

[venchka]

Thanks for the developing times.

Todd,

Thanks for the best advice of all.

7 rolls APX 135-25 36 in the freezer. Half liter of Rodinal in the cabinet. All I need now is a tank with a reel or two, some fixer and the rest of the developing stuff & I'll be ready to...

Just shoot it!