Curious what others think:
1. Is this the look of expired film?
2. Is this the look of overdeveloped film?
Either way, I like it.
background:
I bought some expired-unknown-storage-unknown-age "aviphot" 220 from a forum user. I *expected* this to be experimental, they were up front about not knowing how old it is, everything's cool. It's 220, and hand rolled in starting/ending paper that doesn't identify what the film actually is. In this case, the backing paper was Kodak px125 with "aviphot @100" written in sharpie on the paper. Aviphot 100 doesn't exist, but Aviphot 80 and 200 exist. I developed this assuming it's Aviphot 200, but maybe this mottled look is the result of it actually being Aviphot 80, which would have me developing it at almost 75% longer. Developed with DDX 1+4 and it and my stop water+fix+wash were all at the same temperature.
mamiya 6 + 75mm 3.5 + ir72 filter + "aviphot 100", shot at iso 3 to compensate for the filter
Cloud75 wrote:
Curious what others think:
1. Is this the look of expired film?
2. Is this the look of overdeveloped film?
Either way, I like it.
background:
I bought some expired-unknown-storage-unknown-age "aviphot" 220 from a forum user. I *expected* this to be experimental, they were up front about not knowing how old it is, everything's cool. It's 220, and hand rolled in starting/ending paper that doesn't identify what the film actually is. In this case, the backing paper was Kodak px125 with "aviphot @100" written in sharpie on the paper. Aviphot 100 doesn't exist, but Aviphot 80 and 200 exist. I developed this assuming it's Aviphot 200, but maybe this mottled look is the result of it actually being Aviphot 80, which would have me developing it at almost 75% longer. Developed with DDX 1+4 and it and my stop water+fix+wash were all at the same temperature.
mamiya 6 + 75mm 3.5 + ir72 filter + "aviphot 100", shot at iso 3 to compensate for the filter
Considering Kodak made Plus X in 120 format from 1938 until 2011plus the "way expired"look of some of your scans, I'm guessing it was respooled some time in the mid 1990's then tossed in a drawer. Cool looking images!
Were the negatives thin?
Lake Oberon, SW Tasmania. (Mamiya 7II). The spire top left is Federation Peak, even more difficult than the Western Arthurs (this one): 'the final push to the 1,224-meter summit is a Grade 5 unassisted rock scramble and climb featuring sheer vertical drops of 600 meters over Lake Jeeves - there are no fixed ropes, handrails, or man-made supports.'
philip_pj wrote:
Lake Oberon, SW Tasmania. (Mamiya 7II). The spire top left is Federation Peak, even more difficult than the Western Arthurs (this one): 'the final push to the 1,224-meter summit is a Grade 5 unassisted rock scramble and climb featuring sheer vertical drops of 600 meters over Lake Jeeves - there are no fixed ropes, handrails, or man-made supports.'
