Poly Pan F iso 50 film

[raytoei]

hi, i bought 152m of Poly Pan F, rated iso 50.
I think this is a surveillance film, and I bought it
cheap during the "film is soon dead, so stock up
and head for the hills" panic.

152 meters is roughly 500 ft. A bulk loader
can load 100 feet of film into 18-20 canisters of
36 exposures.

at 500 ft, it is going to take a long time, especially
shooting at iso 50 (ISO 50.... when was the last time
anyone shot at iso 50 ?!)

the other problem was , what time to use for development,
and can i push to iso 100 or even iso 200 ?

so i shot about 3 rolls on Sunday and i gave it to fotohub to
develop, i told them to use Ilford Pan F as the time, but
one for No push, half-push and 1stop push. But I shot everything
at iso 50. I want to see if I the times were around the ballpark or not.

to be consistent, i used my m6ttl to meter and shoot so that i could
reduce any variances.

i think ilford pan-f timing works for Poly Pan F. The base material is very thin,
and i noticed that there is no anti-halantion backing, so that light bounces
around and causes halo-like images on the negatives.

here are some images i shot:

No Push.

Push 1/2 stop

 

[raytoei]

lastly push 1 stop.

 

[raytoei]

some observations, though not conclusive:

a. the negatives are certainly very usable across the
3 development times, though at 1x push, the contrast
is bit too high.

b. the negatives are quite grainy for a iso 50 film. but the
grains are also quite sharp, considering that this was shot mainly
with the canon 50, f1.2 on the m6ttl. (the canon is known
not to be sharp). the developer used by Fotohub is D-76
aka Ilford's ID-11.

c. Shooting without anti-halant film backing reminds of
the leica glow. See the arm of Ronald McDonald, and how
it is "glowing" ?

d. Shooting ISO 50 is very challenging but fun. At least I am
stuck to about 100 rolls of this film.... hahhaha


raytoei

 

[Zackt87]

awesome results. :heart:

 

[Shadowleong]

Im loving the one stop push's contrast!

 

[Riotbmx]

Mind selling a few rolls?

 

[raytoei]

how about i bring my bulk loader on sat...u guys bring your used film canisters with tongue sticking out ? i will roll a few for ya ?

 

[raytoei]

here is one more picture, taken last week

Was in suntec, saw this chap with a tiger and dragon.
couldn't resist, asked politely, wish was granted.

M6TTL with CV 35f1.4
Film is Polypan F iso 50.

Post processing to add contrast and bring out grains.

raytoei

 

[Riotbmx]

Wow that's really nice. Love it

 

[zgim80]

very gritty for a iso 50, but 50 can be challenging for a walkabout film. Unless sunny day and wide-open.

 

[raytoei]

having used about 10 rolls of PPF50. here are somemore observations:

a. love the tonality of the film. under certain circumstances,
hair and skin seem to sparkle when contrast / brightness are
adjusted. I suspect it is the lack of anti-halantion layer that causes
the "glow"

b. Very thin and very flat, easy to scan.
I had a bit of problems feeding it into some of my cameras
but those were nothing more than just minor issues.

c. It is more grainy than Ilford Pan F but less so than 400 film.
D76 developer is nice. Rodinal at room temperature produces large marble grains.

d. I used Ilford Pan F development time, and also instructed Fotohub to use those time with no issues.

so, maybe to test with other developers, let me try with HC-110 or D76 at my usual
room-temp water (29-31C).

raytoei

 

[raytoei]

btw, you can buy this film at ridiculous price,
eg. 39 usd for 152M (aprox 500 feet!)
with 2014 expiration date.

search on ebay.

(not related to seller)

raytoei

ps. MO anyone ?

 

[zgim80]

Yeah i'll be interested. Time to buy bulk-roller!

 

[Riotbmx]

Yeah i'll be interested. Time to buy bulk-roller!

Wanna share? Sounds cool until you know there isn't any 500ft bulk roller.

Raytoei, how did you do it? Mind sharing the unedited image as well?

 

[Shadowleong]

Just cut in darkbag

 

[raytoei]

hi,

i resized the original image, and converted it to jpg.
this is a straight scanned image without any adjustment.

http://retro.ms11.net/uneditedtigerdragon.jpg

raytoei

yes. roll in dark bag.

 

[Riotbmx]

Anyone? US$39.90 + US$15.90 for shipping. That's plenty of film...

 

[zgim80]

i think we can split 5 ways, i.e 1 bulk roll equivalent per person.

is about SGD$15 a person

 

[raytoei]

we can't have 1 bulk-roll to be divided by 5 people

because:

how do you measure 100ft in the dark bag ?


best to buy individually, i emailed the seller to ask how much to ship to sg ? waiting for answer.

i dun actually need a roll, as i have TWO (2!) bulk roll of 152m each.... hahahah

 

[raytoei]

Sorry what i meant is that best to buy by the Can and not share the can.

MO still make sense if a few of us want to pool to buy several cans.

can ?