jim_appleyard Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 I've got some agfapan 25 (35mm) left in the freezer and thought I'd try it in one of the pyro/pyrocat formulas. Any recommendations out there for which formula, times, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug_bennett Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 I tried it, as well as Efke 25, in WD2D+. Both shot at ISO 25, with 9.5 minutes dev time. Pretty good, but for my style, I like these films in Rodinal. I've had good luck with WD2D+ and both HP5 and FP4, although I increase the amount of both solutions (from 8ml to 12ml of each for a 120 roll in 600 ml of working solution) to gain a bit more contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__jon__ Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Jim, try processing with all the different pyro developers. After all photography should be fun, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_vincent_twiss Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Is it worth the effort? After all one you have finished your stock you will not be able to get any more. I have about a dozen rolls of APX 25 in 120 and 35mm size and like it so much I would not want to use any in experimentation. Just a thought Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kparratt Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 For Adrian - Just use it and move on. Hanging on to that stuff is like staring at an item of clothing left behind by someone who has completely forgotten you, cars nothing for you, and will never, never come back. Agfa has dumped you. I too preserved mine for those precious occasions, until Maco UP25 came along, and yes! ...YES!!! EFKE!!! TAKE ME!!! The morning after: "...Agfa who?" (Yawn) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_appleyard Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 Thank you gentlemen. I have been using rodinal to dev. the film in and if it ain't broke... BTW how are the Maco and Efke films? Aren't they ortho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photojim Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Efke 25 is orthopanchromatic (think of it as halfway between ortho and pan film). Nice stuff. I printed some 120 Efke 25 yesterday and was very impressed with the quality. I'll be buying more. This was developed in ID-11; I haven't tried it in PMK yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_vincent_twiss Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Kevin You're not wrong. I fully intend to use it once I get my new darkroom built. I also have a brick of EFKE R25 in the fridge. Given it is not a true panchromatic film can you give me any clues about alterations to filter factors. Any help would be appreciated. Happy new year Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kparratt Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Adrian, just grabbed a moment on a public computer to see how things were going, so no time to elaborate. But, for indoor work including portrait and figure work I use EFKE films unfiltered. For landscape I reach for the yellows as standard, and others pretty much as Ansel Adams recommended for films of his era. Looking at another site just now, I found <www.efkefilm.com> and to my delight, that all large format sizes are also made. The site is loaded with technical data. EFKE films also respond well to the staining effect of pyro developers, or so I recently learnt from elsewhere on photo.net. I am very seriously looking into this. Pyro developers, traditionally considered the domain of the large format, have been delighting users of roll film and 35mm. Cheers, Kevin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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