Now here is a surprising image. I was given a half full box of Kodak Royal X Pan, a 50+ year old film, long discontinued (c.1970), that was in essence a roll film and large format version of the ultra-grainy Kodak 2475 Recording Film. Loaded a holder of this Royal X stuff, and shot it during during a still life session I prepared for an assignment for a club I belong to, subject "Tools".
Rated at 1250 ASA by Kodak, because of it's age, I exposed it at ASA 320 and developed it in the same tank as the TMax 400 I was using for the assignment. Didn't know what to expect. Got this! Grainy as all get out, just like Recording film. Will save the remainder for appropriate subjects. Have maybe 20 sheets left.
The image for the assignment, shot at the same time and developed in the same tank in Pyrocat HD, is shown below the Royal X shot for comparison.
Toyo GX, 210mm f5.6 Rodagon, light was two Calumet Travellites with globe diffusers. 1/125 at f22+ for the TMax, f16+ for the Royal X Pan.
Thanks for looking in. I'll be developing the duplicate image in Rodinal. I'll post it in this thread if it's noteworthy. I'd love to see some of your own "surprises" with outdated or unusual films.
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