Film King Slow 12

[malias]

Hello, a few days ago I bought a Chinese film of ISO 12, we don't know what film is inside, but the Chinese adds the times, which are these:

D-76 STOCK = 10 minutes
Rodinal 1+25 = 9 minutes
Xtol STOCK = 7 minutes

The thing is that I always use HC-110...
Is there a table of equivalences between developers?
What time would be suitable for HC-110???

Thanks.

This is the film:

 

[koraks]

Is there a table of equivalences between developers?

No, but what I do in cases like these is extrapolate using a film for which you have times for several developers.
E.g. take Fomapan 100, for which we have a D76 time (let's say 6.5 minutes for stock) and HC110 (e.g. dil. B 6 minutes). In this case, we see that the HC110 dil. B time will be slightly shorter than the D76 stock time.
Your mystery film says D76 stock for 10 minutes, so something like 9-9.5 minutes in HC110-B sounds like a good starting point.

Welcome to Photrio BTW!

 

[malias]

Thanks, I will, however I think I will also do the drop test before putting it in the tank.

Cheers

 

[xkaes]

I've never heard of that film, so I'd appreciate any info that anyone has.

And once again I find myself amazed at "new" films popping up everywhere.

I just checked at FOTOIMPEX, and they are now carrying AGFA APX 100 and 400 in 100' rolls!!!

I'm blown away by all the other films they have to offer -- that apparently I can't get.

https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/35mm-films/

 

[Don_ih]

I'd appreciate any info that anyone has

My guess is it's a blue-sensitive microfilm stock. You can see in the photo above that it's almost transparent. I just ordered a roll so I'll report back in a couple of months when it shows up....

 

[Disconnekt]

Fotoimpex does have it in stock on their site (here: https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/king-film-slow-12.html), never hurts to email them and ask them for more info on the film & see what they say

 

[Don_ih]

Might be worth it just to get the swell aluminum can....

(although I already have some)

 

[MattKing]

That logo is really, really similar to some of the Kodak logos from a few decades ago....
I do like the brand name though

 

[loccdor]

Could it be Orwo DN21? Similar times and ISO and it's also a little transparent.

 

[Don_ih]

Could it be Orwo DN21? Similar times and ISO and it's also a little transparent.

Could be. It could be any number of print films or microfilms. I like mystery films, so I'm eager to get it. I have very low expectations.

I also ordered a roll of "King Mono 50" -- which may be the same stuff with a different development time.

Their example photo looks like lith film.

 

[cmacd123]

Could it be Orwo DN21? Similar times and ISO and it's also a little transparent.

I know I have seen ORWO DP31 sold as "Lackadaisical 8" Both DN and DP were inteneded for making intermediate Positives and Negatives for B&W movies. Hence DP and DN

 

[AnselMortensen]

I'm holding out for "Obstreperous 12".

 

[malias]

I've never heard of that film, so I'd appreciate any info that anyone has.

And once again I find myself amazed at "new" films popping up everywhere.

I just checked at FOTOIMPEX, and they are now carrying AGFA APX 100 and 400 in 100' rolls!!!

I'm blown away by all the other films they have to offer -- that apparently I can't get.

https://www.fotoimpex.com/films/35mm-films/

I now nothing, this is the shop:

https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005007262105088.html

 

[malias]

Might be worth it just to get the swell aluminum can....

View attachment 392341 (although I already have some)

Yes, that's exactly why I asked for it... jajajaja

 

[malias]

In the end I trusted my intuition and followed the drop test which gave me about 11 minutes. Here are the results. Adox HC-110, 1/31, 20º, 11'.

 

[Don_ih]

Interesting No edge marking and still film perforations and real continuous tone. I have no idea what that film is.

 

[koraks]

Looks fine, nice result!

 

[malias]

Look how the film was mounted on the chassis, the old-fashioned way, hahaha

 

[Don_ih]

Reduce reuse recycle...

 

[loccdor]

If you peeled up the sticker on the film cassette you might find another one underneath.

 

[cmacd123]

Look how the film was mounted on the chassis, the old-fashioned way, hahaha

hand crafted

 

[Don_ih]

hand crafted

It definitely implies a limited amount of film. If this was going to be an ongoing enterprise, they'd probably invest in a good supply of cassettes.

 

[Corn_Zhou]

It seems to be Kodak 2383 film as I got some degree of color using a CD4 based low contrast film developer posted here.

 

[koraks]

It seems to be Kodak 2383 film as I got some degree of color using a CD4 based low contrast film developer posted here.

That's an interesting thought. If that's the case, I would have expected it to be significantly slower.
Can you post an example of the colors you got?

 

[Corn_Zhou]

That's an interesting thought. If that's the case, I would have expected it to be significantly slower.
Can you post an example of the colors you got?

Here is what it came out looking like

I also compared it with a real thin emulsion copy film (CMS20II) as I found the semi-transparent base quite interesting