Agfa APX 25 - others?

I have in my hands my first roll with Agfa APX 25 (I found 5 135
rolls expiring in july of 1005), developed in Rodinal 1+25, and shot
with Contax equipment and zeiss lenses.

There are no doubts it's the best film I've ever tried, skin tones
are simply wonderful, the result is totally amazing.

What else could I use to try to obtain that result?

TMX? wich developer?
Agfa Scala developed as a film?

Thanks a lot.

......................................
Marco Baldovin
www.whitewave.it

Uzytkownik "whitewave" napisal w wiadomosci

I have in my hands my first roll with Agfa APX 25 (I found 5 135
rolls expiring in july of 1005), developed in Rodinal 1+25, and shot
^^^^^^^^^
July 1005, that's pretty ancient - I did not realize photography dates
so long back ;-)))

What else could I use to try to obtain that result?
I've just read an article of a photo profi and addict, singing the
praises of Fuji Acros (ISO 100).
I can tell you later which developers he recommended.
I've also heard that Efke 25 is very good.

Regards,
Magdalena

^^^^^^^^^
July 1005, that's pretty ancient - I did not realize photography dates
so long back ;-)))


roftl, excuse me! July of 2005!

What else could I use to try to obtain that result?
I've just read an article of a photo profi and addict, singing the
praises of Fuji Acros (ISO 100).

mmhhh.. it has not the same "deep" black tones, and skin isn't so
brilliant

I can tell you later which developers he recommended.
I've also heard that Efke 25 is very good.

Not as good. It has a completely different tonal response, it has an
older look, a different contrast. I don't like it.

Regards,
Magdalena

Thank for your reply.



......................................
Marco Baldovin
www.whitewave.it

I forgot to say that I don't need a finegrain, low speed film for
landscapes, I need a fine grained film with an excellent skin tones
rendition, for portraits.

Thanks.
......................................
Marco Baldovin
www.whitewave.it

"whitewave" wrote in message
...
I forgot to say that I don't need a finegrain, low speed film for
landscapes, I need a fine grained film with an excellent skin tones
rendition, for portraits.

Thanks.
.....................................
Marco Baldovin
www.whitewave.it

Well, I like Technical Pan in Technidol for caucasian skin tones.
But, you have to try it because it's really particular.
A second but, it is discontinued although you can still find it.

I like also Acros and TMX (both in Xtol) but you have to try them yourself, I'm not sure you'll find
a definitive answer on a newsgroup.
Film preferences are *very* personal.

Regards,
--
Claudio Bonavolta
http://www.bonavolta.ch

I thought APX 25 was discontinued. At least where I live I can only
get APX 100. Where can I buy APX 25?

Max


"whitewave" skrev i en meddelelse
...
I have in my hands my first roll with Agfa APX 25 (I found 5 135
rolls expiring in july of 1005), developed in Rodinal 1+25, and shot
with Contax equipment and zeiss lenses.

There are no doubts it's the best film I've ever tried, skin tones
are simply wonderful, the result is totally amazing.

What else could I use to try to obtain that result?

TMX? wich developer?
Agfa Scala developed as a film?

Thanks a lot.

.....................................
Marco Baldovin
www.whitewave.it

I thought APX 25 was discontinued. At least where I live I can only
get APX 100. Where can I buy APX 25?

Max


Agfa APX 25 is discontinued since 2-3 years, worldwide.
I found some rolls in a small photo equipment store.
......................................
Marco Baldovin
www.whitewave.it

U¿ytkownik "MXP" napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
I thought APX 25 was discontinued. At least where I live I can only
get APX 100. Where can I buy APX 25?
Try ebay. At least ebay.de - it is offered there quite often
Usually from someone's freezer or fridge :-)
I have some 10 rolls and one 17 meter can, frozen ;-)

Regards,
Magdalena

Strange that Agfa discontinued such a film. One should think that the
market was there. OK.....the APX 100 is also a nice film.

Max

"Magdalena W." skrev i en meddelelse
...

U¿ytkownik "MXP" napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
I thought APX 25 was discontinued. At least where I live I can only
get APX 100. Where can I buy APX 25?
Try ebay. At least ebay.de - it is offered there quite often
Usually from someone's freezer or fridge :-)
I have some 10 rolls and one 17 meter can, frozen ;-)

Regards,
Magdalena

Uzytkownik "whitewave" napisal w wiadomosci
I forgot to say that I don't need a finegrain, low speed film for
landscapes, I need a fine grained film with an excellent skin tones
rendition, for portraits.
How about Kodak Portra BW - also discontinued in theory but still
available in some stores - or the new version of Kodak BW 400 - both
are for C-41 process, unfortunately, but the prints from Portra BW
come out very nice.

Regards
Magdalena