[LargeFormat] Type 55 Polaroid and Panatomic X?
Charles Thorsten
largeformat@f32.net
Mon May 27 20:47:35 2002
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From: "Clive Warren" <cocam@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 3:40 PM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Type 55 Polaroid and Panatomic X?
> Robert introduced me to the delights of Type 55 Polaroid film and I
> have been quite impressed by the quality of the negs. After speaking
> with Robert this evening, he informs me that he has read somewhere
> that the film stock is Panatomic X.
I would be very surprised if this were true. From what I've read,
the negatives produced by Type 55 contain a shorter scale than
traditional B&W films, such as Panatomic-X. Something like
7 zones versus 10.
> As far as I can remember, Panatomic is a 25ASA film - perhaps someone
> who used to use it can confirm. It may also have been available on a
> thicker base at some point.
Pan-X roll films were ASA 32. I'm not sure about sheet film.
But then it always depends on your development times. :)
-Charlie