Agfa Pan 100

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Hi, Occasionally I’m shooting B&W landscapes on a 6x6 camera. It looks like Agfapan APX25 completely disappeared from the shelves here in Toronto and I start to thinking to use Agfapan APX100 with Rodinal Special to achieve same results (fine grain, sharpness, nice tonal range). I would appreciate any comments on this particular combination as well as any other suggestions (Ilford Pan F Plus 50, Ilford 100 Delta ?).

Thank you, Vic

-- Vic K (kitolov@hotmail.com), March 13, 2001

Answers

Ilford Pan F is great treated gently in Microdol 1:3 or Divided D76!

-- Scott Walton (f64sw@hotmail.com), March 13, 2001.

I have used Agfapan 25 for many years with superb results. Agfa has now discontinued the film and my guess is that most dealer's stocks have been exhausted.

As a replacement, I am using Ilford Delta 100. When processed in Kodak's new XTOL developer I am getting the same super fine grain, great sharpness and a full tonal range. It doesn't seem to block up in the highlights as does TMAX 100 (in TMAX developer). This is now my film/developer combination of choice for 35mm, 120 and 4x5.

-- Ronald Gratz (rkgratz@mtu.edu), March 15, 2001.


Thank you for the inputs. I have my last 20 rolls of Agfa (type 120) and it’s time to go forward. Definitely I’ll try Pan F with Microdol. Ronald, can you please provide time/temp specs for XTOL (I have never used it before)?

Regards Vic

-- Vic K (kitolov@hotmail.com), March 15, 2001.


I suggest you try Efke R-25 and R-50 for your landscapes. Very fine grain, superb sharpness and a grey scale that fits landscapes perfectly! It makes green leaves a little lighter and darkens red.

-- Patric (jenspatric@mail.bip.net), March 15, 2001.

Hello Vic,

I was an AGFA 25 user for years. Since AGFA 25 met its demise, I started using Ilford PanF 50 for the last few months.

The camera I use mainly is a Mamiya 645. I really like PanF processed with Ilford ID11/Kodak D76 (very similar developer). I normally would rate Panf at ISO50 but overexpose by a stop (set my meter at ISO25) and develop Panf at 68 degrees for 10 minutes.

What I like about the film is its overall tone especially when printed on FB paper. Also, processing is very forgiving (which made me stay away from TMAX 100). I did try to use Rodinal for a while, but I like the ID11/D76 for a little subtle tones.

I even use Panf for portrait work under studio lights with great results. I can not comment on Delta 100 as I rarely use this film.

Try a roll or two of Panf, I don't think you will be disappointed. I think Panf is a sleeper of a film.

-- Pedro Casimiro (kulambi_61@yahoo.com), March 16, 2001.



The developing times/temperatures for XTOL developer and a wide range of films (including Agfa & Ilford films) is given on the Kodak WEB site below:

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/j109/j109 .shtml#946585

Ron Gratz

-- Ronald Gratz (rkgratz@mtu.edu), March 19, 2001.


I have mixed some Agfa 14 film developer and tried it with APX 100 with very good results, much better than with D-76. Sharp negs with very fine grain. Tomorrow I will try with Agfa 8, a recipe with glycin.

I never liked the results I got with APX 100 with D-76. It looked like some of the mid tones dissapeared. I used Rodinal for this film, but now I wanted a fine grain developer.

-- Patric (jenspatric@mail.bip.net), March 30, 2001.


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