In the mid 1970s I shot some Kodak Royal-X pan 120 at indoor wrestling and basketball events. It was nominally rated at ISO 1250. I pushed it to ISO 5000 and maybe even 10,000 with decent results. The grain at ISO 5000 was similar to that of 35mm Tri-X at 1600. One of these days I’ll look for the negs and scan one.
Paul > On Oct 22, 2014, at 9:41 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > > I share in your nostalgia - as I recall in the film days your were really > pushing it (often literally!) to get to 3200 and ISO's of 25,600 or more were > into the experimental arena. > > I remember a Royal Gold 1000 and thought it was abysmal. In later years there > was a very good ISO 1600 Fuji Press C41 color. I thought looked about as > good as many ISO 400's of the time. Then there was TMax P3200 which tended to > be a little grainy.... > > But ISO 25,600 was beyond the pale... > > Mark > > On 10/21/2014 12:47 PM, Morris Galloway wrote: >> Galloway, delurking for a moment, can remember back in time, back, back, >> when Kodak Royal X Pan was the only game in town for FAST film, listed as >> 1,600 ASA, and it was pushable -- >> sort of pushable. And the results obtained were not as Good as 25,600. >> During College, went out on assignment for a print magazine to a den on >> iniquity, a GO-G0 bar (!) that was >> all soft green spot lights and drunk college kids, and shot a roll. I got >> some shots. The patrons and maidens were visible and clear. But there was >> so much grain the advertiser thought it was taken inside a cereal factory. >> Publisher had to sue for the quarter-page. Alas! >> Wish I had a K-5, or 5ii, or K-3 then! We've come a Long Way Baby! >> Sure I use 25,600 , and I turn and walk back inside with my possum pic, or >> whatever, all the while considering that I could Never have captured >> anything in those dark corners even with the best Germany and Kodak had to >> offer at that time. >> >> Relurking now, G >> >> >> >> > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > 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.
