Finally got my life back to where I have one and whoa, Efke/Adox go away! Luckily I have a year of 4x5 Efke 25 which is my favorite but if you love the film as I do, have you found a replacement?
Cheers,
Ron
Finally got my life back to where I have one and whoa, Efke/Adox go away! Luckily I have a year of 4x5 Efke 25 which is my favorite but if you love the film as I do, have you found a replacement?
Cheers,
Ron
Not yet. I've got enough in 8x10, 11x14 and some Bergger 200 in 14x17. Only 15 sheets in 8x20:-( Efke 25 in 8x20 is something. I'll see what I find as a replacement and report.
That there was a thick, old style emulsion. Pretty much all gone as far as I know. You can try making your own, although I'm not sure homemade panchromatic emulsion is practical.
And forget about old style, I worry that Ilford will be the only manufacturer of LF film in a few years. And if silver prices shoot up, who knows. If only chemists had spent 100 years figuring out a way to make iron salts faster, if such a thing is possible.
Maybe boutique private companies will rise up to replace the hole that Kodak and Fuji (and Ilford?) will leave, but I bet a bunch of these will be poorly run kickstarters or the pet project of a retired and wealthy engineer.
I stocked up as well. I hope Foma will come out with something. I don't think Illford is going anywhere film wise as they have a new film coming out and just recently released a new paper. Silver prices are definitely the key variable!
Yes, it was a terrible surprise for me: I got down to less than half a box of 8x10" Adox/Efke 25, wanted to order more and couldn't find it anywhere. No more slow/no grain films like this I'm afraid... It seems I'd have to substitute it with Foma 100.
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TMX would be the obvious substitute if it's the grain that matters to you. Different curve though.
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It's a difficult loss, I have no answer to the question. For LF and ULF it's a stunning situation.
I'm thinking of the Foma/Arista line. The 100? I need to test some. Could they do a special order run of ULF? I will ask Freestyle at some point.
Jim, you'll find the Foma 100 as NP22 in ULF at Wephota's http://wephota.de/down/wephota/wepr.pdf
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