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MartinP

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Jed asked about Adox film etc. Here is the english version of their website. If there are a few parts still in German then you can use Google translate to get the basic translation. They are run with Fotoimpex, one of the most adventurous European analogue material manufacturers and distributors. :smile:

http://www.adox.de/english/
 

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Edit: Wait. Ian, do you mean Adox got the formula for APX 100? How'd they do that? That was one of my favorite films a few years ago - seemed to have just the right "bite" to the grain and beautiful tonal range! Any idea when they will come out with it?

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Fotoimpex work very closely with a coating company which is a splinter off the old Agfa consumer division, they moved and installed one of Agfa's smaller coating lines, they've negotiated the rights to the use and adapt emulsions and resurrect some of the former Agfa products. Many of the people involved would have worked on the originals anyway.

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I just found four or five rolls of Agfapan 25 in the bottom of my film freezer. Last time used from the freezer it was fine. Anyone want to buy them?
 

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I haven't had much experience with Efke film and what experience I have had hasn't been all positive. My problems were with the tenderness of the emulsion, but now that I have educated myself (well read this forum) I now know what the problem was and how to cure it. I just loaded some 100 ISO film into a little Zeiss Icarette 500/12 folding camera and want to see what the camera/film combination can do. The question for the folks here is can you use a harder directly after the pre-bath or use it as a pre-bath. I have a small bottle of Edwal's "Anti-Scratch Hardener" and was wondering if there would be any benefits one way or the other. Pre-bath hardening or hardener in the fixer? JohnW
 
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Don't want to hijack the thread but was looking at buying some of this film till I saw that the emulsion is very soft. At the time and the forseeable future I have no ability to develop my own. So is this film a no-no for sending off to a devlopment facility?
 

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Don't want to hijack the thread but was looking at buying some of this film till I saw that the emulsion is very soft. At the time and the forseeable future I have no ability to develop my own. So is this film a no-no for sending off to a devlopment facility?

It depends. A dip-n-dunk processor would be most gentle on the film. Not so with roller transport.
 

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I used to use Efke films quite a bit 5-6 years ago. I used to feed my then recently acquired RZ67 with mostly the 100 and 50 speeds. I used Rodinal for developing. I never used a hardening fix but I did do a presoak and a water stop bath. Nice films, but shortly after getting used to them, I started reading about QC problems. Emulsions peeling away from the base, pin holes (caused by a acid stop perhaps?), poor backing paper resulting in light leaks etc. I personally never had any of these problems, but enough people apparently did so I decided rather then take any chances, I better go with a company well known for consistent quality. I went with Ilford and have made Pan F+ my most used 120 film.

Having long ago ran out of my stash of APX 100, I have been thinking of giving Efke/Adox 100 another try. How has the QC and consistence been the past several years?
 

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Today I went to my local photo supply shop for some Tetenal Hardening liquid. They had just sold there last bottle a few days earlier & are waiting for there next delivery. I took a bottle of Tetenal Superfix Plus, one of the guys thought it may already contain a mild hardener. I have done a search about hardeners & fixers with hardener & one does not find a lot of info.

Being relatively new to developing my own film any clarification would be appreciated as I am keen to shoot my roll's of Efke. I have been mainly shooting Ilford & Agfa APX & using Agfa Rodenol & Fixerkonzentrat no stop just water rinse. It has been working with great results even with 1-100 ratio.
 

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Then I read this: "We recommend use of a plain water bath instead of a stop bath. Never use a stop-bath with a higher concentration than 2%."

How long should I rinse the film? and can I use fix, if so what type of fix?

///AndersPS

I've used Efke film for several years and have been quite pleased with it. I process individual sheets in a slosher insert in open trays.

I rinse the film for about a minute after fixing, then use hypoclear for a minute, and finally wash it in six successive trays of plain water.

Can you use fix? Of course - you MUST use fix to clear the film. I used Sprint Rapid Fix, but Ilford, Heico and Kodak are also fine.
 
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