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[Mike Gammill]

Couldn't stand it! After looking at my vintage roll of 35mm Super XX for a couple of days, I loaded it in my old XE-5 and shot ten frames at E.I's ranging from 12 to 100. I was expecting nothing, but the lower E.I. settings actually had images (badly fogged of course) You can even just make out Super XX on the film edge. I will try to get a print and scan later.

[25asa]

Here's an old pic for amusement. These were dated 1941-42.

[Mike Gammill]

Interesting. I love to look at the old boxes. I wonder what year Kodak changed to the yellow/brown color scheme for Panatomic-X? Tri-X inherited the yellow/green box design from Super-XX.

BTW, I got a print from my outdated Super-XX. I won't have access to a scanner until Monday, but I will scan and post.

[michael_j._kravit1]

Funny how time passes and we forget what things were really like or how our perception of the "good old days" mellow.

 

Recently I printed some street shots of New York City for a woman whos father had shot them back in the late 50's and early 60's. The film was Super XX. I thought, cool, I had not seen this stuff in years and got all excited. I compared the prints them with some made recently from 4x5 TXP and Rodinal in 4x5.

 

No comparison, the modern Tri-X was heads and tails above the Super XX in sharpness, tonal smoothness and fine grain.

 

I gues in 50 years we will all look back and talk about the old and magical 400TX.

[Mike Gammill]

Here is my result from 55 year old Super XX 35mm. This film was known in its day for its speed, tonality, and grain. Guess which of those three is all that's left?<div></div>

[Mike Gammill]

Forgot the technical details of the above (very grainy) picture: D-76 stock @ 68 degrees for 20 minutes (just like original 1950 data sheet in box called for). For this picture I had set the meter for E.I. 12.

I may shoot the rest of the roll at similar low E.I.'s but soup it in Microphen. Any ideas for a time?

[Mike Gammill]

Here is a strip of the 1950 vintage Super XX that the above print was made from. You should be able to see the Super XX on side of the film.<div></div>

[ryuji_suzuki]

By the way, I completely forgot to mention about that typeface. You should use Copperplate Gothic designed by Goudy when you make modern parody of discontinued Eastman films.

 

Anyone care to revive Ansco Superpan Supreme?