Agfa Apx Pan 100 ASA

[TStodPhoto]

I know this sounds like a weird question but I want to try this out and see what I can come up with....

What I want to try is shooting Agfa 100 @ asa 40 and asa 125 :confused:

I know some people think I am probably out of my mined but hey I am special LOL

Has anyone done this and what were there results? examples would be nice...

All shots will be done in a studio setting... I will be using the following developers only unless others are suggested....

PMK Pyro

HC110 (B)

D-76

Thanks for your help I also know that all the expoures will require long times but I am ok with that.... Life is too short not to experiment besides I have enough boxes of Agfa too last me quite a while....

 

[Jim Noel]

There is nothing wrong with varying exposure index for a film. What you are planning is really a test of the true film speed of the film in a variety of developers. You may very well find that an EI of 40 is pretty close to correct when using certain developers, particularly PMK.

 

[Snapshot]

Getting EI 125 or EI 40 out of APX 100 is not very difficult. Largely, this is a function of the developer that you use and developing time. It's quite a flexible film and is my personal favourite and probably explains why I have over 20 bulk rolls in my freezer.

 

[Earl Dunbar]

I don't know anything about PMK Pyro, but for HC-110 and D-76 you will have highlights that will give problems. With all different EIs being used and a single development time, I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish.

For a compensating developer that might be be able to handle such a range, I'd suggest Rodinal 1:100. 20 min @ 20C, 30 seconds initial agitation, 3 gentle inversions every 3 minutes thereafter.

 

[k_jupiter]

To be real honest. D-76 is a waste with that film. I shoot @ about i.e 80, develop in WD2D+, or PyroCat HD. If you plan on doing a lot, do the film tests.

Prepare to be amazed.

tim in san jose

 

[TStodPhoto]

What I am trying to accomplish which I should have stated before in the original post is, I'm trying to create images that speak loads to the viewer, I am also in love with Polaroid 55 so I am also trying to recreate with tests what P55 gives me by using the Agfa film... I also know that eventually P55 will be gone since the plant just closed... I don't think anyone has tried to recreate the effects that P55 gives you using a different film so I know some will think I am just plain ol' nuts... Well I am an experimenter and thats what I love about photography and using film you can experiment until the happy cows from California come home.... I need a starting point which I was hoping to get some feed back on this as to exposure compensation and etc... I am not a newbie so don't shoot the messenger... Any help is always needed even for me a season veteran... I appreciate the help with the developers I only stated the 3 I mentioned above because I use those 3 the most...Thanks again... Long Live P55!!! ~

 

[dpurdy]

Actually I think the p55 film is made by Fuji or so I have been told. Years ago it was 4x5 panatomic X and I used to sometimes shoot the film like ready loads and then take the film out unprocessed and process it in HC110. Then I think the story goes that Kodak and Polaroid had a feud over instant film and polaroid quit using the Kodak film and started using fuji film. If the P55 film is made by fuji I am not sure what it would be or if it is special made for Polaroid. I can't verify anything but in any case the film in P55 is real film and is made by someone. I think Agfa film would be a good place to start to try to copy the look. I would think also a good place to start would be with D76. I haven't used P55 in a number of years but it used to be that you had to give it quite a lot of exposure to get shadow detail. So perhaps to copy the look of it you would want to shoot the Agfa 100 at 100.

As to speaking loads to the viewer.... all I can say is it is far more than film developer combinations.

 

[k_jupiter]

As to speaking loads to the viewer.... all I can say is it is far more than film developer combinations.

Ya.... I spent a good year trying to make my photographs be Mid-Century Magnum ready images. *L* Using 777 and J&C 200 film, occasionally Efke 100.

Nobody mistook me for Henri Cartier Bresson.


tim in san jose