Dupe film uses

[tjaded]

Hi all--
Has anyone here come up with a decent use for dupe film other than making dupes? I was given a couple of boxes of expired 4x5 chrome dupe film (Kodak & Agfa) and so far have only done one shot with a pinhole with marginal results. I'll probably come up with something to try, but I figured maybe someone out there has a cool idea or something.
Adios,
Matt

 

[Alan Chin]

i believe that dupe film as an ASA of 6 or 12 or something slow like that, and it's going to be pretty low contrast.

best bet would be to shoot a fairly contrasty scene at ASA 6, 12, 25, 50, and see what you get. the low contrast of the film may give a pleasing rendition of a scene that might normally blow out on regular slide film.

 

[Flotsam]

Very limited use slow, low contrast, poor D-Max and needs filters to color balance each emulsion batch. Ithink that marginal is about the best that you can hope for.

 

[Konical]

Good Evening, Matt,

Dupe film such as Ektachrome 6121 works great for night photography.

Konical

 

[RoBBo]

Are any color neg dupe films still made?
My school has a film recorder and I'd love to use it to print certain things in the darkroom that would otherwise be unprintable traditionally (Chromes, fucked up negs, digital files).