SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
it's perfectly possible that a similar thread existed before but i want a clean and current slate.
i stated recently that shooting and developing Neopan 400 is a bit like snacking on bits of the world's last reserve of dodo meat you nicked from the freezer, but it's just so good.
with that in mind, what extinguished species of film do you need back in your freezer? and more importantly, why? what property cannot be replaced by any current offering? or is it simply an emotional matter? does dodo meat taste even better because you can only get chicken and turkey at the grocery store?
i stated recently that shooting and developing Neopan 400 is a bit like snacking on bits of the world's last reserve of dodo meat you nicked from the freezer, but it's just so good.
with that in mind, what extinguished species of film do you need back in your freezer? and more importantly, why? what property cannot be replaced by any current offering? or is it simply an emotional matter? does dodo meat taste even better because you can only get chicken and turkey at the grocery store?
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
Polypan F and Shanghai 100 as dirt cheap film for tests.
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Deardorff38
Mentor
I miss paper, more than film & in my opinion it has a great effect on my final prints. Tri-X & FP4+ keep me going..... but i'd sure like to have Boespflug & Guillemot "Brilliant" and Forte Fortezo & Polygrade warmtone back...complete with cadmium.
Bingley
Mentor
Plus X, Plus X, and Plus X. I love the "old school" look, and I love its tonality when rated at 320 and developed in Diafine. I tried Fomapan 200 and FP4+ and while those are both good films, neither completely captures the gorgeous mid-tones of Plus X (that said, I have been shooting a lot of FP4+ recently). I also shoot Tri-X and TMax films, but there's something about Plus X that captures the best of bw 35mm photography for me.
I still have about 10 rolls, and would love to see that film brought back.
And I would also love to see Neopan 400 back too.
I still have about 10 rolls, and would love to see that film brought back.
And I would also love to see Neopan 400 back too.
petronius
Mentor
Polypan F, because after 1000 rolls I finally know how to handle it;-)
(And speaking of dodos: Howard Waldrop: The ugly chickens and anything else he wrote!)
(And speaking of dodos: Howard Waldrop: The ugly chickens and anything else he wrote!)
Timmyjoe
Mentor
The original AgfaPan, APX-100. It was my go to film from the mid-1980's till Agfa went out of business. The replacement stuff is crap.
I love the tonal gradations (especially skin tones) and the rich blacks I got with the original AgfaPan processed in the original Rodinal (although the stuff Adox is now making is very close to being the same).
Best,
-Tim
I love the tonal gradations (especially skin tones) and the rich blacks I got with the original AgfaPan processed in the original Rodinal (although the stuff Adox is now making is very close to being the same).
Best,
-Tim
charjohncarter
Mentor
I'm not totally upset about film extinctions. The films I use now are enough for me. But like the OP, I miss Acros Neopan 100, and like Ko.Fe I miss a cheap film for testing.
Big Ursus
Well-known
Polaroid 4x5 PN film
I sometimes dream of its gorgeosity!
I sometimes dream of its gorgeosity!
css9450
Mentor
Plus X, Plus X, and Plus X.
On a related note: Verichrome Pan.
Its heyday was before my time, so I've only shot it as expired.... But what I have shot with it, it looks fantastic.
Takkun
Ian M.
I don’t really mourn film losses; not for lack of want, but just to keep my sanity.
I’d also say ditto to all forms of Neopan, along with APX. My PJ professor in undergrad was old school and pushed us to HP5/TX, but I shot neopan 400 almost exclusively. Need to get around to scanning those.
At the beginning of summer I mentioned I purged binders full of crap I shot in middle and high school. For whatever reason, I shot mostly Plus-X and APX - I think I got a lot of old stock for cheap. Wish I could get those back and shoot them on worthwhile subjects and develop them properly.
Surprised it isn’t mentioned here yet, but also pack film, be it Polaroid or Fuji. So much creative potential with transfers and negative recovery. Got one box left, but I don’t want to spend a lot searching for an instant back for my GX680 just for 10 shots.
I’d also say ditto to all forms of Neopan, along with APX. My PJ professor in undergrad was old school and pushed us to HP5/TX, but I shot neopan 400 almost exclusively. Need to get around to scanning those.
At the beginning of summer I mentioned I purged binders full of crap I shot in middle and high school. For whatever reason, I shot mostly Plus-X and APX - I think I got a lot of old stock for cheap. Wish I could get those back and shoot them on worthwhile subjects and develop them properly.
Surprised it isn’t mentioned here yet, but also pack film, be it Polaroid or Fuji. So much creative potential with transfers and negative recovery. Got one box left, but I don’t want to spend a lot searching for an instant back for my GX680 just for 10 shots.
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
Agfa Pan ISO 400. It went extinct a few years after I discovered it. Arista managed to spool some rolls of it (remnant) but didn't last long. Fortunately, I have liked Ilford HP-5 but haven't figured out whether it's as pushable as the Agfa was.
And, of course, Kodachrome...
And, of course, Kodachrome...
B-9
Devin Bro
Fuji FP-3000b
I never did get to shoot many packs of it.
I never did get to shoot many packs of it.
ChipMcD
Well-known
Amen. This was a really nice film, even though it was the cheaper, budget-level film, as compared to the "professional" Panatomic X, Plus X and Tri X films from Kodak (at least in the 1970s and 1980s when I shot it).On a related note: Verichrome Pan.
Its heyday was before my time, so I've only shot it as expired.... But what I have shot with it, it looks fantastic.
As another poster wrote, having Kodachrome back would be great too, although I rarely use film for color these days.
Takkun
Ian M.
As another poster wrote, having Kodachrome back would be great too, although I rarely use film for color these days.
I'm so torn on this, too. I have a (or several, if very old) digital camera, and that's what I go to for what little personal color work I shoot; but there's nothing like rich transparencies in medium format. Ilford looks like they're going strong, Adox has some nice BW stocks, but if the big guys drop C41, E6 or even cinema stock, I worry color film will be entirely gone, owing to the complexity of fabricating it. I highly doubt the smaller manufacturers would take up that mantle.
But at $10 a pop each for a roll and developing, it's awfully hard to justify shooting with any frequency.
That said, I have a couple rolls of Super8 Vision3 in the freezer I really need to get around to shooting...
maddoc
... likes film again.
Fuji FP-3000b
Fuji Neopan 1600PR (Superpresto)
Kodak Kodachrome KR64
Kodak Plus-X
Kodak HC-110 (US version)
All sorts of Fuji BW paper
I miss the 1600PR and KR64 most and did never find anything to replace either film.
Fuji Neopan 1600PR (Superpresto)
Kodak Kodachrome KR64
Kodak Plus-X
Kodak HC-110 (US version)
All sorts of Fuji BW paper
I miss the 1600PR and KR64 most and did never find anything to replace either film.
helen.HH
A smile & a wink…
Extinct ...Neopan 1600
And one day I too
Oh how I miss This film
Didn’t matter what time of day... I used it 24 /7
Pure magic... Pure Atmosphere
on the Way Home...another Fallen by Helen Hill, on Flickr
on the Beat, Elizabeth Street,NYC by Helen Hill, on Flickr
"
baby You can Drive my Car" by Helen Hill, on Flickr
And one day I too
Oh how I miss This film
Didn’t matter what time of day... I used it 24 /7
Pure magic... Pure Atmosphere
on the Way Home...another Fallen by Helen Hill, on Flickr
on the Beat, Elizabeth Street,NYC by Helen Hill, on Flickr
"
baby You can Drive my Car" by Helen Hill, on Flickr
CMur12
Well-known
I used to really like Agfachrome 1000 for window light portraits.
Way back when, I really liked the palette of Agfachrome CT-18 for winter scenes and GAF 64 for fall.
Like many others, I miss Kodachrome, too.
- Murray
Way back when, I really liked the palette of Agfachrome CT-18 for winter scenes and GAF 64 for fall.
Like many others, I miss Kodachrome, too.
- Murray
Freakscene
Obscure member
I miss missing things. These days I mostly just spend time feeling bad about the fact that I don't feel worse.
Marty
Marty
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