Tell me about Plus-X ...

I just bought 400' of 35mm Plus-X Movie film directly from Eastman in NYC. It's EI 80 in daylight, as I remember the original Plus-X. Looking forward to burning it as the sun comes out in Springtime.
 
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I love Plus-X. One of my favorites with Tri-X, HP-5 and of course, APX-100. Probably my favorite of the bunch.
 
I want to try it but according to my friend it will be discontinued in Japan ... :bang:
 
It's a great film in 35mm if you've got the light to shoot it. I bought a bulk roll about 3 years ago and really struggled to use it up. I keep finding rolls stashed here and there... they'll get used up eventually. As I remember it didn't seem to push all that well, but I didn't do any extensive tests. Tri-x was just more versatile, and at the time, was the same cheap price...

Now I positively love it in 120, and have shot some of my favorite portraits with it.
 
Really nice film ... I tried it for the first time a couple of months ago and was very pleased with the results in Xtol.

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Great stuff, you have to at least try a roll or two in Rodinal, super smooth tones yet crispy sharp grain, very very nice for some styles of portraits.
 
TheHub said:
How sure is your friend about that? :(
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He read this info at Yodobashi last Sunday. They have a list of films being discontinued... I am not sure if this only valid for the 120 size or both, 120 and 135. Kodak`s IR BW film in 135 has already disappeared two month ago or so ...:bang:
 
I shot mostly Plus-X through the 80's & early 90's and recently got ten rolls to revisit it. The current Plus-X can get a little contrasty, more so than it used to.

I always ran it in D-76 1:1, now in ID-11 1:1. Beautiful stuff, contrasty or not.
 
I like it, I use it especially for flat or other low contrast subjects. But it works fine for everything. It is a little more contrasty than other films, but sometimes you need that. Here is one outside in morning sun: full tones with enough contrast:

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I've only shot about 5 or 6 rolls of Plus-X, but I thought it had very nice tones. I only stopped shooting it because the grain didn't seem fine enough (in comparison to TriX) to make the slower speed worthwhile. It's definitely worth trying though.

Here's an example:
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I use it as a replacement for Verichrome Pan (and I'm never forgiving Kodak for discontinuing that film). It works really well in Diafine.

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charjohncarter said:
Rich815, excellent, we have to go out sometime. I need to learn a few tricks. Bring Ben, it will be fun, I'll buy lunch.
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Sounds good John! Let's talk in the coming weeks...
 
Rich815, thanks, I'll PM though RFF. My time is really very open so almost anything is fine. I don't know if you remember I live in Danville.
 
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