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Efke 25

A pyro developer will help to harden the emulsion a bit and make things better, but handling carefully is still best to avoid scratches. With sheet film, tube development helps and no scratches are normal.The 25 is great stuff, as has been mentioned, in low light or low contrast scenes where there just isn't a lot to work with.

Attached is a shot with Efke 25, taken in full shade, of a motor used in drag racing. It is a Harley "clone" which is fuel injected with nitro-methane and makes about 600 hp. With another film, this shot would have been pretty flat, especially since this was normal development on a roll of 35mm film which was used both in full sunlight and full shade. It is printed on Ilford postcard stock at grade 2. It's scary just watching these things run, 6 seconds in the 1/4 mile at over 200 mph. Sorry about the scan, tonality on the print is very smooth. tim

 

[Daniel Lawton]

If you use a fixer with a hardener you wont have problems with scratches. I use Kodafix with my EFKE 25 and have never had a problem.

 

[Tom Hoskinson]

I never use hardener with my fixer for Efke films.

I never have problems with scratches. I am very careful how I handle wet film.

I use Efke 25 and Efke 100 both in 120 roll film and in sheet sizes through 8x10.