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Kodak Double-X film 5222

from David Goldfarb (dgoldfarb@barnard.edu)
Anybody out there ever try this as a film for still photography and have any opinions or recommendations? I just won an auction for 4 rather old 35mm x 100' rolls, real cheap (cheap enough for me to bid on a whim--maybe it will be interesting for some retro effects, and I'll certainly have enough to experiment with). I know that Kodak still makes it in 35mm x 400' and 1000' rolls for motion pictures, and Freestyle in L.A. lists developing times for it in various developers, suggesting that they might sell it spooled up for still cameras.

Is it the same emulsion as Super-XX, which was a popular thick-emulsion film for large format, especially for Zone System users, at one time? It is rated at ASA 250 for daylight, 200 for tungsten, but given the age, I'll do my own tests.

(posted 8720 days ago)

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