Agfa flitres vs Ilford filtres

[Romary]

Do you know if there is a difference between the two type of multigrad filtre?

If yes (that would make sens), do you know if it exist an equivalence table or so?

I ask the question for a friend who use to use Agfa filtre and now is oblige to use the Ilford set because of the enlarger. He finds that Agfa filtres seems to be harder. He has problem to obtain the same results as before. :confused:

I hope my English was clear enough.

 

[Ian Grant]

There may well be a fairly small difference but it shouldn't really matter. I used Ilford Filters with Agfa Multicontrast, and Kodak Polycontrast and tey all use similar filtration.

Try them, the worst is that you can't get a maximum Gd5 or minimum contrast OO

Ian

 

[Michel Hardy-Vallée]

Romary, avant j'avais les filtres AGFA parce que j'imprimais sur du MCP, mais quand je suis passé au Ilford, je les ai conservés, et ça marchait tout aussi bien. Remarque que j'avais acheté des filtres AGFA neufs. Si ton copain a des filtres un peu vieux, il se peut qu'ils soient pâlis et donc qu'ils ne soient plus exacts.

En bout de ligne j'ai acheté les filtres Ilford et vendu les filtres AGFA, un peu par pédanterie, mais aussi parce que je voulais voir si il y avait une différence. Il y en a peut-être une, mais elle est pas visible à mes yeux.

 

[Monophoto]

It is unlikely that the two sets of filters will be identical - in fact, is rather likely that a given filter from one set would yield noticeably different results compared with the corresponding filter from the other set. That is why it is recommended that one never intermix filters from two different manufacturers (or even different vintages from the same manufacturer).

That said, both sets should provide gradations in contrast from hard to soft, and ultimately, that is really all that matters.

 

[brofkand]

I have a set of the cheap Varycon filters. They were half the price of the Ilford ones, so I thought what the heck. Work fine for me, a very beginner darkroom enthusiast.

 

[Romary]

Thank you for your answers

Merci pour vos réponses