EmulsionX100.3 Test
Film Photography Project's newest mystery emulsion, code named Emulsion X.
Looking for gritty, grindy, grainy, looking for a soft focus vintage look? Emulsion X is for you. It is a panchromatic film with a super thick base. Don’t be shocked as it has a red tinted, age related, base fog after processed. Load it up, shoot it, process it and wait for the 50’s to roll off your reel.
This film is available here for a limited time. filmphotographystore.com/
Exposure and processing data:
Film: Emulsion X, ISO 100, but like most B/W films it has a decent latitude, but over expose it even one stop and the grain explodes.
Processing: Xtol stock, 8 minutes and double your normal fix time.
Other steps can be completed as your normal routine dictates. I recommend that you use water for the stop bath step as this film can exhibit small pepper flakes in the emulsion and an acid stop bath may magnify this. Keep close control of the temperature throughout all steps of your processing as this film has an older emulsion that will reticulate.
I also tried this in HC-110 and C-41, with not so great results.
Personally I found this film a tough nut to crack.
Camera: Minolta 600si, Tamron 28-200 AF lens
Image by: Leslie Lazenby
Kenton, OH, November, 2017
EmulsionX100.3 Test
Film Photography Project's newest mystery emulsion, code named Emulsion X.
Looking for gritty, grindy, grainy, looking for a soft focus vintage look? Emulsion X is for you. It is a panchromatic film with a super thick base. Don’t be shocked as it has a red tinted, age related, base fog after processed. Load it up, shoot it, process it and wait for the 50’s to roll off your reel.
This film is available here for a limited time. filmphotographystore.com/
Exposure and processing data:
Film: Emulsion X, ISO 100, but like most B/W films it has a decent latitude, but over expose it even one stop and the grain explodes.
Processing: Xtol stock, 8 minutes and double your normal fix time.
Other steps can be completed as your normal routine dictates. I recommend that you use water for the stop bath step as this film can exhibit small pepper flakes in the emulsion and an acid stop bath may magnify this. Keep close control of the temperature throughout all steps of your processing as this film has an older emulsion that will reticulate.
I also tried this in HC-110 and C-41, with not so great results.
Personally I found this film a tough nut to crack.
Camera: Minolta 600si, Tamron 28-200 AF lens
Image by: Leslie Lazenby
Kenton, OH, November, 2017