1963 Panatomic-X 4x5

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1963 Pan-X? That's practically brand new! Now get off my lawn, you kids with your fancy developers and saggy pants and music that's just NOISE! (old codger born in 1962 here)
 
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nosmok said:
1963 Pan-X? That's practically brand new! Now get off my lawn, you kids with your fancy developers and saggy pants and music that's just NOISE! (old codger born in 1962 here)
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I was born a month before it expired.
 

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Thanks Patrick! Was lucky to come by two 100’ rolls, one expired in ‘63, the other was in a bulk loader that I didn’t know the date. I really enjoyed this film, wish I had more. I do still have one 36 exposure roll that expired in 1952 in tropical packaging, so I have high hopes it will do well. Tropical packaging is sealed in a lead can instead of the old tin screw top cans. I have had some good results with T-Max but would love to see Panatomic-X come back.
 

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How does the base look? I have some 2002 expired VP120 but the base of that film looks quite dark to me and also I think the contrast isn't that high anymore.
 
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Ernst-Jan said:
How does the base look? I have some 2002 expired VP120 but the base of that film looks quite dark to me and also I think the contrast isn't that high anymore.
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I address it in the video...
 

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Finally someone who is in the same camp as myself. Though I do fondly like the 400 speed TMAX. 100 also looked flat to me. No life to it on a lot of the shots I took with it. Im told developing it in different ways helps that though. Andy, Im curious of what your results will be. The sheet film I understand wasn't exactly like the roll films in look. How that is I don't know, but the speed difference is a tell tale sign. Funny no one really looked at my TMAX 100, Acros 100, and Panatomic X video I posted a week ago.

I'll have to link your coming video Andy to mine when you post it. I think I put my video up 8 months ago. Not many hits on it though. I'll have to do some sheets of Pan X myself, as I have 2 boxes of it here. Also in around the late 60s.

 
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I so miss Pan-X, shot miles of 35mm in the 60's and 70's, pretty much the only film I shot back then. I tried T-Max 100, it's okay but not Pan-X by any stretch of the imagination. I shot a couple hundred sheets of 4x5 and decided to drop it.
 
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