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Re: [OM] Hints for Kodan Technical Pan film?

Subject: Re: [OM] Hints for Kodan Technical Pan film?
From: Chris Barker <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 07:05:44 +0000
Thanks for that Dizel, and welcome to the List as Winsor says.  I
still have a roll of AXZ25, but I shall try Efke KB when I feel the
need for fine film.

I had not realised that agitation could have such an effect on a
developing film.  I try to remain consistent:

- a few bash on the sink to dispel bubbles
- a few twists with the spindle to get the mixture around the film
- inversions for 10 seconds every minute with a bash to dispel
bubbles when I put it down.

... but sometimes I miss a few inversions because I am busy mixing
the fixer or warming the stop bath, or listening to the radio... ;-)


Chris

At 21:17 +0100 07/02/03, Dizel wrote:
 > I plan to try the Kodak Technical Pan film soon with my OM gear.

Why?  Agfa APX 25, may her beloved body rest in peace, was five-fold
cheaper and maybe a bit sharper than TP. Others have similar
experience:
http://www.kosara.net/photo/apx25vstp.html
Nowadays, I prefer Efke KB 25 to Tech Pan - TP is for example
very sensitive to changes in agitation - more so than any B&W film
I ever used. Also, when you develop TP in Rodinal 1+200 (as I did),
even small changes in type of (distilled !) water used can lead
to substantially different results. Someone gave following recipe:

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