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AgfaPan APX 25 processing

from Brian C. Miller (a-bcmill@exchange.microsoft.com)
I just processed my first two rolls at home last night. I used Kodak HC-110, dil. B, 68F for 6 minutes. They looked good. If you're using steel reels, note that this is a very stiff, heavy film. You'll have to be extra careful loading it.

Here's one thing which I accidentally did, and I think I'll keep doing it with this film: Lengthy presoak. I presoak my film for about 30sec. Well, this time I inadvertently soaked it for several minutes. When I poured the water out, it was dark! I think the water leached out some kind of film dye. I think I'll try this with other films which give off a lot of dye when I put them through hypo clear.

I've only shot four rolls of this. Three were for testing purposes. I found that the lab I go to has some kind of problem with this film. (And they use Rodinal) The two rolls they processed (I put them in many weeks apart) have some kind of double sripe down their length, somewhat similar to water marks. The two I did at home are just fine, and all the film is from the same lot. No other film they've processed has had these stripes.

(posted 9450 days ago)

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