Agfa APX 100

Got my black & white film back from the drugstore, and I \”scanned\” some of them using my E-M10 with the 50mm macro lens and a slide duplicator. So here are some of that roll:

The obligatory \”selfie\” in a mirror, film, Frankfurt 2016

Zuleikha, film, Mörfelden-Walldorf 2016

Zuleikha, film, Mörfelden-Walldorf 2016

And for those of you who maybe want to emulate the tones of this film, here\’s help:

X-Rite ColorChecker on Agfa APX 100 b&w film

With all its imperfections and hassle during \”post processing\”, I still think we would lose something should film production ever be stopped. Until then, this is available for 3.45€ at your local DM drugstore. Less than half of what you would pay for Tri-X or Acros or any other brand, except of course if you buy these in big amounts.

Recommended, just like Agfa Precisa CT 100 colour slide film (which costs about 12€ for two rolls). They also have Kodak Gold 200 (8€ for 3 films), and I only mention them here because they\’re just around your corner.

Thanks for viewing.

P.S.: just for comparison, here\’s a digital b&w almost like out of camera:

Zuleikha, Mörfelden-Walldorf 2016

I\’ve put this here after reading an article of Anthony Shaughnessy\’s about b&w conversion. It\’s no film look of course – you can see that above – but nevertheless it\’s a quite nice conversion IMHO. For Lightroom users, there\’s always the now free Nik collection of course…

Thanks again for reading.