Agfapan APX 100

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APX has been around for a long time and no, it isn't a poor child... just isn't

expensive due to all the advertising that other companies do. It is silver rich

and agreeing with the beauty of D-23, I like it in DD23. Either way, the tones

are beautiful and the grain is fine... a very nice film all around! Rodinal is nice

but a bit chalky. Diafine, DD23, DD76 for 2 bath developers are stunning or

the old standby's are wonderful too... HC110, D76 ect.

Yes, try it in diafine, EI 100 - 200. My favorite.

Macman: For the APX 100 in the Special I rather prefer using a big dilution (such as 1:30) than pulling the film down 1 stop.- For example, if you are a grainless prints fan try 7` with that dilution.- Make your tests is only matter of taste.- The Special is finer grain developer than Rodinal.- Common Rodinal is the oldest propietary developer formula of Agfa and maybe of all the grands, a clasical.- Rodinal Special is a modern formulation intented to give less grain and a soft contrast tonal curve.- What I actually don´t know is if the Special is a grain solvent developer (e.g. contains sodium sulphit) or not.-

Ditto what Andy Piper wrote. I've found that APX 100 is particularly good at handling all the subtleties of whites, without sacrificing midtones or shadow detail. Tonality is excellent (quite different from films like Tri-X or FP4+) but grain isn't quite as fine as some other 100 speed films. The grain responds readily to different developers and, when discernable, appears smaller and a bit grittier than FP4+, which has, to my eyes, somewhat rounded and slightly mushy grain.

 

Still, if I was forced to use nothing but APX 100 as my only slow speed film I wouldn't complain.

 

Efke R100 produces very similar results to APX 100, altho' the Efke negatives curl ferociously while the Agfa negs dry flat. Must be some sort of difference in film bases.

I tested Agfa APX 100 on Microdol-X 75F 1:3 and I got ISO 32 for 17.5 minutes on a Jobo CPE-2+ I would shoot it at ISO 25, since the density reading was on the lower edge of the acceptable density for Zone I.

 

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Isn't APX 100 Agfapan discontinued?

Please tell me it's available!!! Agfa 25 has been discontinued, but the 100 and 400 are still listed in the mail order shops. Large format has been chopped by Agfa. What are they thinking??? APX is good stuff. I think you could soup it in Kryptonite and get good negs!

APX 100 HAS NOT BEEN DISCONTINUED (YES I AM YELLING). Where did you hear this BS?

Reportedly all Agfa b&w films in 4x5 have been discontinued, tho' the films in that format appear to remain availabile in some areas. I've heard no credible reports that APX 100 and 400 have been discontinued in 35mm or medium format.

O.k., I guess it was the 4x5 only that's been discontinued. David, you should sublimate your anger into positive action such as stockpiling 'cause the writing is on the wall for even 35mm amd med format Agfa APX if their sheet film and 25 ASA has been discontinued. Only a matter of short time.

As with the muscles and the brain; either use it or lose it. Obviously the sales of APX 25 were of little interest to the share holders, whose interest in photography is measured in profit.

 

As far as I know (from an Agfa source in Europe), there are no plans to chop APX 100 in either 120 or 35mm. But I too am concerned that a dangerous number of wounded APX 25 users have jumped the fence in anger. It would be interesting to see just how much Fotokemika have picked up in sales of their Efke films. For those suffering the loss of APX 100 in 4x5, press your importers to stock up on Efke 100, which is made in a substancial range of large format sizes.

 

Back to our friend The Macman, I could hardly add to the host of advice that preceeds me on this thread, with the icing on the cake being the truely engaging images offered by Andy Piper, John Painter and Andy Ly.

 

...suffice to say, don't forget Tetenal Emofin, whose brilliant compensating effects will save the day when exposing in bright sunlight, whilst trying not to render shadow areas as soot. Tetenal produce it both as liquid concentrate and powder stock, the latter being somewhat cheaper. The packs contain a comprehensive tip sheet booklet for a range of films, and densities, all with the choice of 3 sec and 1 min agitaion cycles.

Hi!

Anyone tried APX 100 with Atomal?

 

Jiri