Trying some 1984 Kodak Panatomic X

[pentaxpete]

I was given two cassettes of 1984 dated Kodak Panatomic -x 32 ASA and at last I tried it out in several cameras, cutting the film and in different developers. I found it had really NOT lost any sensitivity !! NO fog level I could see either !! My negs were dense at 20 ASA and even at 25 ASA but I have done some 16x12" darkroom prints with my LPL C7700Pro enlarger + 50mm f2.8 El-Nikkor lens on Ilford Multigrade IV Glossy and they are very good !
De-Squeaked CANON A-1 + 50mm f1.4 SSC Canon at f2.8, 20 ASA, Rodinal 1+50 12 mins -- dense negs
Pan-X 02 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
CHINON CG-5 + 24mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss Jena at f5.6, 32ASA, Rodinal 1+50 11 mins
Pan-X 05 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
CHINON CG-5+ 50mm f1.9 Chinon at f2.8, 25 ASA, home-made FX15 formula 1+1 11 mins
Good Mate by pentaxpete, on Flickr
CHINON CG-5 + 50mm f1.9 Chinon at f2.8, 25 ASA, home-made FX 15 formula 1+1 11 mins
Cross by pentaxpete, on Flickr

[iangreenhalgh1]

Really excellent work, especially the portrait. Pan-X was renowned for it's long lifespan so I'm not surprised it worked well. I used some 1968 stock in my 6x9 camera that while it ha quite a lot of base fog, still makes beautiful images.

Oh if only Pan-X and Tech Pan were still being made....