Replacement for Plus-X

Timmyjoe

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Has anyone here found a replacement for the now discontinued Kodak Plus-X? Have some in 16mm size (old Super 16 motion picture camera film) that I just started shooting in an old Minolta 16, and I'm just blown away by the look of the negs.

Shot mostly AgfaPan 100 back in the day, so didn't really shoot much Plus-X, and now it's gone, was wondering if any of you who were big Plus-X shooters have found an emulsion that comes close to the original?

Thanks.

Best,
-Tim
 
"Back in the day" i shot mostly Panatomic-X, which is probably still my all time favorite emulsion. When I needed a 'fast' film, and was willing to give up some quality, relatively speaking, I would shoot Plus-X, though I really preferred Pan-X.

I would give anything to have Plus-X back today, and anything times two to have Pan-X again. I certainly have found no real substitute-or equal- for either, and not for lack of trying.
If you like the look, (and Tri-X fans might not) it's hard to duplicate. Digital facsimiles, eh, not so much.
 
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"Replacement for Plus-x?"

None! Not that I have found anyways.
That was my favourite film, I still have a few rolls in the freezer that I am reluctant to use.
I will keep an eye on this thread and keep hope alive.
 
j.scooter said:
"Replacement for Plus-x?"

None! Not that I have found anyways.
That was my favourite film, I still have a few rolls in the freezer that I am reluctant to use.
I will keep an eye on this thread and keep hope alive.
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+1. Plus-X was unique and beautiful. FP4+ is the closest I know of.
 
This is an interesting thread as far as what people see when they look at an image. I envy those who feel there actually is a replacement for Plus-X. I guess it depends on what someone means by "replacement". Black and White with not a lot of grain=replacement, I guess is where we are at here.
For me, I'm just not seeing it. Just for me, please note. Not casting aspersions on anyone else's choices.
Though it is still Pan-X that I pine for the most.
 
Not a long term solution, but I have been playing around with a 100' roll of Eastman Plus-X (5231) from Photo Warehouse (Ultriafine). Rated at 200 and developed in Diafine, the look is very close to what I used to get from Plus-X (135). I posted an example in the Double-X thread.
 
pschauss said:
Not a long term solution, but I have been playing around with a 100' roll of Eastman Plus-X (5231) from Photo Warehouse (Ultriafine). Rated at 200 and developed in Diafine, the look is very close to what I used to get from Plus-X (135). I posted an example in the Double-X thread.
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Yeah, 5231(7231) is what I am shooting in the little Minolta camera. Thanks for the heads up on that, I think I'll try to purchase some.

Best,
-Tim
 
I like Plus-X over any other BW film I've tried. When Kodak gave it the chop I went in a wild goose chase, trying all medium fast films I could get my hands on. Sadly I never really found anything that ticked all the boxes in the way Plus-X did for me. I am using FP4+ now, which is a nice film in its own right but Plus-X, well, that it ain't. I also get what people mean when they recommend TMAX400 -- it is of a family with Plus-X to be sure, but again, there's something different about it. Like the intelligent, polished young nephew of a world weary old uncle who's been through two wars and three divorces -- there's something about the face, the eyes and the smile that is similar in them, yet the stories they tell are very different :D.

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I loved Plus-X, as well. I now use Agfa APX100/Rollei Retro 100, but that's from a batch i bought a few years ago. Is this stuff still in production in any form?

Processed in ID-11/D-76 — it's classic.
 
Don't attack - I personally was never really that fond of Plus-X. It just didn't recreate what I was hoping to capture and what I saw in my mind's eye.

That said, lately I've been shooting a bunch of Ilford FP-4 as my true go-to film and have recently been working with the Eastman Double-X, the black and white motion picture film emulsion. I've had a lot of luck and very satisfying results with FP-4 and am really falling in love with the Double-X.

My go-to back in the day was always Tri-X; I'd shoot it at 320 for "normal" stuff, 800-1600 (or higher) for action and even as low as 160, developed in D76 1:1 (can't remember the times) or Diafine/Acufine for special projects.

My 2¢
 
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