Re: Agfa SFX200

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 28 Jun 99 at 13:11, Bertha Adamson wrote:

> Barry Brevik wrote:
> > 
> > I just shot some SFX200 in 120 and am ready to develop it.  Previously, the
> > only IR film I have used is Konica 750.
> > 
> > I've noticed that many people seem to think that Rodinal enhances grain, but
> > I've been using it at 1:100 dilution with Konica 750 (13 min @ 68 deg) and
> > with APX25 (17 min @ 68) specifically to achieve small grain.  I do not
> > understand B&W chemistry very well (Rodinal at 1:100 was recommended to me),
> > but I do achieve negs with microscopic grain doing this.
> > 
> > ANYWAY, I'd like to try developing the SFX200 in Rodinal at a 1:100
> > dilution.  I found a FAQ that suggested 5 min @ 68 deg for a 1:25.  Has
> > anyone successfully tried SFX200/Rodinal at 1:100 or even 1:50?  What do you
> > use for a development time?
> > 
> 
> You got a great response regarding Rodinal and grain.  This is just a
> "bookkeeping" correction.  The film is ILFORD SFX200, for people who are
> unfamiliar with it.  It is an "extended red" film, not precisely IR.  I do
> like it for certain subjects, but not for "real" IR effects.
> 
> Agfa does not now have an IR film, at least none that I have heard of
> mass-marketed in the US.

They make an equivalent of Ilford SFX200: APX 200S.

Same sensitivity, same original application: traffic camera film (and 
both can be had as bulk rolls!)



 

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Willem-Jan Markerink


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is sometimes far less intelligent than
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