AGFA RSX 50/100 Anyone Ever Tried?

[d_f11]

<p>'Just cleaning out old trunk containing a thousand or so slides and looking at 10 year old RSX slides makes me sad. The color tones/balence were really unique and wish I'd shot more, sharp accurate tones yet somehow high sat. at the same time - if that makes sense. This film never got credit it should have.</p>

[larrydressler]

<p>I used to love shooting it in 120. I did a series of an old building being torn down and the 100 is the film I used. Yes I do understand what you mean by a softer color pallet but still saturated.</p>

[Colin O]

<p>You can still get Agfa RSX II in a roundabout way: "Lomography X-Pro Slide Film" is a reversal film marketed as being well-suited to cross-processing. This film is actually Agfa RSX II:<br>

<a href="http://www.lomography.com/magazine/news/2009/04/08/the-new-lomography-x-pro-slide-film">

http://www.lomography.com/magazine/news/2009/04/08/the-new-lomography-x-pro-slide-film</a><br>

Maybe you'd like to look into shooting more of it now?</p>

[c_watson1]

<p>Never liked it compared to contemporary Kodak and Fuji materials.</p>

<p>FYI, Ferrania hopes to bring back a slow chrome film in 35mm and 120 sometime next spring.</p>

[larrydressler]

<p>That is the RSX II 200 Colin O. It is nothing like the old 50 and 100.</p>

[d_f11]

<p>'Shot at or near 90 degrees to sun with good polarizer, you got deep blue skies, but green foliage was like - wow! Unique pastel-like green unlike any of the other E-6 films.</p>

[donbright]

<p>Years ago I saw a book in Barnes & Noble, of Photographs, general travel stuff from around the world, a very good essay of travel, shot entirely with Agfa RSX, and yes it was the pastel pallet that really drove these pictures in the book. I didn't buy the book! I'm still kicking myself, just as for not shooting more Agfa RSX. I recall that they way the Photographer approached the subject matter, and its depiction, with the fusion of the pastels of Agfa was a perfect match. This goes to the heart of the matter of how film, and its varying characters can influence the message of ones creative vision, and point of view. This requires total dedication, follow through, and loyalty to a project. Factors that require one heck of a lot of patience.</p>