Walt, the Plus-X should be fine. When I first started using it, I lived on a tropical island where supplies arrived by boat every three months at minimum, and the films then stayed unrefrigerated until used. Never had an issue with it! Heat can foul it up, but it has to be something like leaving the film in the glove box of your car while it is in the sun (which I will confess to having done when young and unaware!).
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Walter Gilbert Sent: Thursday, 10 February 2011 7:56 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Advice solicitation for analog shooting I just happened to notice last night, after I sent this message, that the Plus-X wasn't C-41 process film. I think the shop where I bought it will process it, though. I still don't have a dark room or supplies -- nor a tank or dark bag -- to work with, so I'll have to have all my film processed for the time being. But, once I get to the point where I feel I can get enough good shots with film to justify the investment, I'll probably start doing my own development. BTW -- I did note that the date stamp on the Plus-X box is 01/2010. I assume that's the expiration date and not the date of manufacture. With that in mind, I can't help wondering if it's still worth shooting. The shop had it on a shelf, not refrigerated at all. I assume there's some leeway with the expiration dates, but a year sounds a bit much. Thanks for the pointers WRT the developing chemicals. I'll archive this email for use at a later date. -- Walt On 2/9/2011 12:55 AM, John Coyle wrote: > Hi Walt - I used to use Plus-X extensively, and always developed it > myself in Acutol or Microdol-X. Acutol gives very fine grain and high > acutance (as the name implies) with lovely smooth tone gradation. > Microdol-X is designed to give very sharp negatives, perhaps a little > more grain and contrast than Acutol. I normally rated it at 200ASA, > but it's worth testing a roll or two with your own gear to see what > suits you best. To save film, you could expose half-dozen frames on a > roll at 80, 125 and 200 ASA for each set , then develop the roll normally to see which works best. > You can push Plus-X quite hard, but the quality begins to drop off at > over 400ASA, I found. > > I never much liked 400CN, couldn't seem to get really black and white > negs, always a little tinge of colour left. > > Haven't used UltraMax, so can't help you there! > > HTH > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Walter Gilbert > Sent: Wednesday, 9 February 2011 2:23 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Advice solicitation for analog shooting > > So, I now have this K1000 and a decent array of lenses to use on it. > Having finally figured out how to properly operate the camera after > wasting one roll of Fuji Superia X-tra 400 due to the fact that I > opened the back of the camera prematurely thinking I had it completely > wound (didn't realize I had to press the button on the bottom plate), > and nearly wasting a roll of Kodak Plus-X 125 by not properly affixing > it to the advance mechanism (didn't securely set the notches onto the > teeth), I think it's time I ask for a little guidance before I proceed any further. > > I have three different types of film and thought I'd ask the > experienced film shooters if there's anything I can do to get better > images out of them > -- any quirks or characteristics I should be mindful of, or specific > uses or conditions any of them particularly excel at. I have the following: > > 2 rolls Plus-X 125 > 3 rolls BW400CN > 4 rolls UltraMax 400 > > What do I need to know from here? > > Thanks! > > Walt > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
