roteague
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roteague said:
titrisol said:Gigabit is claimed to be a propietary emulsion, not Copex Rapid.
I think Efke 25 can be an excellent substitue to TchPan.
But not, I think, the same. Foy, if I recall correctly, sourced the film for his "Bluefire" from Tura (as Turapan microfilm) since Agfa did not want to sell to him in the small volumes he wanted. Ludwig and Schain/8x11film.com source their film from Agfa-Gevaert from fresh stocks of Copex-Rapid-AHU, Ludwig (Gigabit) has them "enhanced" with frame numbers and packaged in Southern Europe. Schain's packaging is done in Germany (as a hint, his current space is rented from Tura). Tura, I've heard, has a large stockpile of the older (long out of production) Copex emulusion and its very cheap--- but who knows for how long as Tura has filed for protection from their creditors. I have some of what I think is the same emulusion and its, for the application, not as good. For high contrast, however, its got an even higher resolution(!).jandc said:Gigabit, our Copex Rapid and the Bluefire are all Copex microfilms.
We used to carry Gigabit but dropped it because we could sell Copex and Spur developer cheaper than the Gigabit kit.
For 99 percent of the shooting anyone is going to do and with the cost of the microfilms I would agree that a film like Efke 25 is the better choice.
edz said:A better choice for what? If its about making absurdly large enlargements using miniature (24x36mm and smaller) gauge films then there is nothing close to these microfilms. If its about fine grain and sharpeness then even TMAX-100 blasts the Efke-25 out of the water. The Efke-25 is NOT Agfapan-25. Agfapan-25 was dropped since (and I did like it and continue to use it in my MINOX) its obsolete. Microfilms perform better, T-grain films like TMax, Delta-100, Acros-100 are finer grained and offer many times the speed etc.
That's NOT the point nor the question (perhaps, at best, an answer to some other question): What is a replacement for Technical Pan?titrisol said:I think you are mistaken.
Efke 25 is a wonderful film, fine grain, nice tonality, good sharpness.
edz said:That's NOT the point nor the question
Ian Grant said:Edward C. Zimmermann
Would you please reply to the points in Titrisol's post, instead of going off at a tangent.
You state that EFKE 25 is less sharp and is grainier than Tmax100. I use both films and it's not the case.
Alan Johnson said:Noseoil,
I like to shoot seascapes,landscapes,walk a long way so use lighter 35mm but want it to look like 645 (huh) at 11x14. I may try Copex or Imagelink in Spur developer but the Efke 25 sounds better than I knew. Tonality, I remember that. Iwill try some as well. Thanks for the advice.
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