Kodak 125PX/ Plus X Film

Here are copies of the Plus-X Data Sheets that I downloaded a while back.

Neal:
Thanks for that.

Amazingly in my country photographers largely prefered FP4 instead of Plus-X. I never knew why.

Dont post much here but have a wonderful love for plus-x. Have only a roll or two left in 120. Shot through my 35mm. OP, Id get that stuff in a freezer asap.

Plus-X was very popular with controlled-lighting studio portrait photographers due to its "all-toe" classification, which favored midtone and highlight reproduction at the expense of the shadows. The curve was conspicuously upswept. Probably the closest thing on the market nowadays is Delta 100.

Back in the late Bronze Age I used 35mm Plus-X quite a bit as a nice compromise between the slowness of Panatomic-X and the grain of Tri-X. In my return to B&W photography in this millennium I started using 125PX in 120, developed in HC110 1+63 and was quite happy with it; sort of like getting reacquainted with an old friend (even if it is, in fact, not exactly the 1960s version). Alas, I have about 3 rolls left. Lately I wander back and forth between FP4 Plus and Acros for "100" speed and HP5 and 400TX for faster stuff. While I could probably find more PX and not worry about the expiration date, I prefer to keep moving forward with currently produced films. But that said, if I was gifted a stash of that magnitude, I would surely put it to use!

DREW WILEY said:

Plus-X was very popular with controlled-lighting studio portrait photographers due to its "all-toe" classification, which favored midtone and highlight reproduction at the expense of the shadows. The curve was conspicuously upswept. Probably the closest thing on the market nowadays is Delta 100.

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Regarding the upswept curve for plus x, and considering that HC 110 supposedly also favors an upswept curve shape, would any of the (other) currently manufactured 100/125 iso films give a reasonable approximation of the classic plus X look if developed in HC 110?

I have been hanging on to this scrap of paper for a while, wondering if it would be useful to anyone. Its an old tissue paper data sheet that came with a roll of the film from the days when Kodak did that sort of thing (around April 1967). Not sure its all that useful compared to the newer data sheets as some of the times are listed differently. Either way, now I did something with it!

It is already in the freezer, well with the exception of a couple of rolls I plan to burn up this weekend to see how I like it. If it really is like Delta 100, I will like it quite a bit. Delta is one of my favorites.

Delta is T-grain, so distinctly finer grained than Plus-X, though it was classified as fine grained in its own era. That whole soft high-key look could be
accentuated with D-23 development. But it's been at least three decades since I experimented with either Plus-X or D23, and it was in 4x5 sheet film.
Along with Super-XX and Tri-X, Plus-X was one of the three films photo school students were expected to understand well, due to its studio applications. I never attended a photo institute; but my brother did. I was experimenting with all high-key effects in fresh snowfall etc. Nice film.

derelict said:

It is already in the freezer, well with the exception of a couple of rolls I plan to burn up this weekend to see how I like it. If it really is like Delta 100, I will like it quite a bit. Delta is one of my favorites.

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umm I dont really think they look alike.
Delta

Plus X

I loaded a roll into my Zeiss folder. I still have a few frames left before pulling it and developing it. I have been metering it at 100. We will see what it looks like. If I like it, I will be set for the next many years of my life. If I do not, expect to see some up for grabs.

Der,
I was experimenting with reversing 35 mm plus-x to make black and white slides, when it was discontinued. I have a bunch in the freezer that will be used for slides. When it is gone I will have to start over with another film for black and white slides. If you are interested in reversing 120, I suppose it would work, and I can share my process if you are interested.

Chris