[pure-silver] Re: Followup On Efke R100 Rollfilm
- From: Bob Younger <ryounger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:17:08 -0700
"......officially paranoid" is 200 rolls...
On May 17, 2011 1:12 PM, "Tim Daneliuk" <tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Last week I mentioned that I'd found a possible candidate to replace my
> dearly departed Agfapan APX 100. I've now printed some 645 negs shot on
> that film (the smallest format I shoot on 120) at both 8x10 and 11x14. The
> results are *VERY* good. The film shows almost no grain whatsoever even at
> 11x14, it has beautiful tonal rendering, and holds dynamic range very
> nicely.
>
> This stuff really does act a lot like the old APX. It seems to handle
large
> Subject Brightness Range much the same way and, if anything, has less
> visible grain than the APX. Best of all, by my densiometric testing, the
> Efke is a full stop faster (100 vs. 50) than the APX was. The only tricky
> thing is that the Efke has a very soft emulsion which I shall remedy with
> careful film handling and a hardening fixer.
>
> I've just ordered another 20 rolls for the freezer since I am now
> officially paranoid about the stuff I love going out of production.
>
>
> Next up: The 4x5 sheet film (which should act like the 21/4 x 3 1/4
> stuff I expect).
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tim Daneliuk
> tundra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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