eddy_d Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Hello. I saw a blurb about adox film in the latest issue of shutterbug. I have never heard of it before. It says it is a very good film for fineart photography. Freestyle photo is distributing it. I called them and asked the sales rep about it. He says you need to process it in different chemiclas other then the standard black and white chemicals. I was told it was like the seattle film where it did not take standard processing. Would I be able to have it porocessed in the "normal" black and white chemicals and have it come out as sharp ? Anyone have any pros/cons about it? If not are there any alternatives on the market I can use. I have a roll of fuji black and white as well as ilford 125. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_clayton Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 what kind of Adox film are you refering to? If you take AdoX CHM125 and CHM400, then this film is identical to Ilford FP4+ anf HP5+. Hence the dev times for the ilford films applies to these two adox films. This might be of some help also: http://www.retrophotographic.com/adoxfilms.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlkphoto Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Adox is Efke. Type "efke" in the search box at the top of this page and you'll get thousands of hits. I'm not aware of any Adox/Efke film that requires special chemicals. Any standard black and white processing works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_sallee Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 ADOX CMS 20 ultra high resolution film, I think requires some special developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Adox has been (was) around for years. I used to use their KB14 back in the 60's (my black & white years). Someone else may be using their name now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_degroot Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 true freestyle sells efke/adox. or equiv. there is a company who makes ADOX in canada but cannot sell it under that name in the usa they have a website. I think it may be sold in the usa under a different name. I think the need for a special developer is an opinion rather than a fact, I would like someone to comment on that. I used KB14 way back when but i still miss panatomic-x ( please mr kodak) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 If the Adox film you're thinking about is CMS20 you will need a special developer to get normal contrast; like using Technidol with Kodak Technical pan. If it is not CMS20, then most any b/w developer will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 AFAIK Adox back in the '60's (which I seem to recall was owned by Dupont) suggested a developer called Beutler for their films be developed in. I've used Efke films in Rodinal with excellent results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_degroot Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 seems the manufacturer suggests a special developer I don't have the old modern photograpy charts . adox is not listed in 1982 but here's the manufacturer's site in canada http://www.adox.net/ no extremely slow film though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbedoes Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 In the Netherlands: http://www.efke.nl/bestel.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_barriere Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 You can currently order all ADOX films at Freestyle.com. I have tried Efke. I made the mistake of buying 22 rolls, 10-100iso, 10-400iso and 2 rolls 25iso. I shot 2 rolls of the 100iso and developed it D-76. Worked great, nice contrast, good midtones. Then I went to print some of the shots I had taken. It looked like the cat and a chicken had walked on the film. I later read and article about Efke film and the user had the same problem. Apparently the emulsion is very soft and can easily scratch in camera and when being developed. If anyone out there would like to try this film contact me and we can arrange something, (you pay for postage or some sort of trade). Roger, r-barrier@hotmail.com Good luck and happy shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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