EFKE film - suitable filters

I would appreciate advice on filters to use with this
"ortho-panchromatic" film.
Thanks - Phil Lamerton

The film has slightly less red sensitivity, so you simply need to give
a little more exposure than usual for a red or orange filter. Why are
you messing with that stuff? Neopan 100 Acros is about the same grain!



wrote:
I would appreciate advice on filters to use with this
"ortho-panchromatic" film.
Thanks - Phil Lamerton

"UC" wrote in message
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Neopan 100 Acros is about the same grain!

I've been looking for a cheap source of Acros in 120 or 220. Any secret
sources?

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I would appreciate advice on filters to use with this
"ortho-panchromatic" film.

Deep black.

SCNR
Ralf

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Tom Gardner (nospam) wrote:
"UC" wrote in message
ups.com...
Neopan 100 Acros is about the same grain!

I've been looking for a cheap source of Acros in 120 or 220. Any secret
sources?

Try Midwest Photo, Cord Camera, or McAlister Camera. They may have
short-date stuff at low prices.

http://www.mpex.com/

http://www.cordcamera.com/

http://www.mcalistercamera.com/

I haven't bought any Efke film yet but I wanted to make some
old-fashioned looking images on a trip to Eastern Europe later this
year and, from what I've read, this film could help me to do it.

So it's best not to use any filter then?

In article .com,
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I haven't bought any Efke film yet but I wanted to make some
old-fashioned looking images on a trip to Eastern Europe later this
year and, from what I've read, this film could help me to do it.

So it's best not to use any filter then?

You need and old fashioned one. What exactly did "they suggest".

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wrote:
I haven't bought any Efke film yet but I wanted to make some
old-fashioned looking images on a trip to Eastern Europe later this
year and, from what I've read, this film could help me to do it.

So it's best not to use any filter then?

I'm not sure what you're driving at. EFKE films are simply older
emulsions that have been kept in production a long time. They are
relatively primitive by today's standards, but so are Tri-X and Plus-X,
the oldest Kodak films still on the market. Ilford HP5 Plus and FP4
Plus are better, in my opinion, as are Neopan 400 and Neopan 100 Acros.
The Kodak films look 'old' because they were designed in the 1950s, as
were the EFKE films If you can find some, Neopan SS 100, an older
emulsion, is nice too. It is a little grainier than Acros, and is
available quite cheap. The EFKE films are nothing special. They are
primitive in sensitization, which is why they are ortho-panchromatic.
Simply put, tehy are slightly less red-sensitive than more modern
films. In 1952, they were quite something, but today I see no reason to
use them. The contrast of ISO 25 stuff is VERY hard to control. The
grain is really no finer than Acros 100 or Pan-F, both of which are
faster (about EI 50-80).

UC wrote:

In 1952, they were quite something, but today I see no reason to
use them.

Don't like to admit it but for once he's absolutely spot on.

Ralf

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Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany
private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de
manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005
Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses

Please be aware that the marketing line for these films is hysterically
funny to any of us that know the truth about films.

'High silver content' my ass. The particle size, amount, and
distribution of silver halides in a film is determined solely by the
demands of image quality, and careful scientific measurment. Emulsion
design is not subject to the whims of advertizing copy writers.

wrote:
I would appreciate advice on filters to use with this
"ortho-panchromatic" film.
Thanks - Phil Lamerton