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Kodak 70mm Plus-X Aerocon and Plus-X Aerographic

bkarasek

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Hello,
A colleague made me a gift a several hundred feet of 70mm perforated Plus-X Aerocon and Plus-X Aerographic which I want to use in the 70mm back and my Hasselblad. Question is, what ASA should I shoot it at (125asa????) and development times with D-76, HC-110 or Rodinal. What information I have found only gives details about machine developing with VERSMAT machines.

For pictoral purposes, it is indicated that the film should be used with a red filter??????

Any useful comments and suggestions most welcome. I have all this film.....
 

Christiaan Phleger

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I've used this in 35mm size very thin with the mylar substrate so hard to load into standard reels. My advice is to use like Plus-X and use the starting points for Plus-X. Traditional developers such as Rodinal D-76 HC-110 worked very well Xtol did not but I found my most like images was with DK-50 1:1. After 10 years out of date and 10 years in the freezer it still looks very good; the extended red sensitivity does not seem very apparent.
 

nosmok

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IIRC the PlusX Aero, the "Aero" part is due to it being on a thinner Estar base to save weight/increase number of exposures (Estar is untearable btw, so have some scissors handy in the changing bag). Otherwise it's the same stuff as regular PX. The Aerecon supposedly has increased red sensitivity compared to regular Plus X. However you process Plus X would be a fine place to start, I'm sure.