Kodak Plus-X 125 Black and White Film

Kodak Plus-X 125 Black and White Film 

USER REVIEWS

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[Mar 21, 2004]
hacaden
Intermediate

Strength:

predictable

Weakness:

a bit expensive

A good folm. In fact, everything I can say about Plus-X would be "good". Not great, certainly not bad. Not what I would seek out, but something I would be willing to use with confidence. I find the grain structure looks best when exposed at ISO 64 rather than 125. and the tonal quality seems best that way, also.

Customer Service

none needed

Similar Products Used:

Agfa, Ilford, and Kodak products.

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RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
3
[Jul 04, 2000]
Sriram R
Intermediate
Model Reviewed: Plus-X 125 ISO Black & White

Strength:

Very versatile film. Very tolerant to exposure and processing errors.

Weakness:

Grainier than newer tech films (Delta, TMax)

This once used to be my "crappy light" film. I now use Ilford FP4+ - I prefer the look.

Similar Products Used:

FP4+

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RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Apr 01, 2000]
Scott Haraldson
Intermediate
Model Reviewed: Plus-X 125 ISO Black & White

Strength:

Easy to develope, provides a fairly tight grain.

Weakness:

-

This is the film I primarily shoot with. I usually will only enlarge to 8x10. After that you start losing grain quality. Not much but enough to make me dissatisfied with a print.

Customer Service

have yet to use it.

Similar Products Used:

T-max, ilford

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RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Nov 28, 2000]
Christopher Chen
Intermediate

Strength:

As everyone knows, Plus-X is an easy-to-develop classic emulsion with wonderfully retro-looking grain, just like its sibling Tri-X. Great for portraits.

Weakness:

Not for those seeking super-fine grain (use APX or TMX 100 instead).

An all-time classic B&W film, perfect for achieving that 1930s HCB look. Easy to develop for beginners.

Customer Service

Not needed.

Similar Products Used:

APX 100, TMX 100, Delta 100.

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RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Apr 10, 2001]
Davidde Stella
Intermediate

Strength:

Plus-X is really great stuff. If I am not mistaken, plus-x used to be the fastest stuff around, and everyone used that "development by inspection" technique that no one (including me) seems to know how to do today. Ok, so you are not going to enlarge it past a certain point (But didn't Robert Frank shoot all plus-x and enlarge it to 11x14?). Works particularly well in older emulsions like DIAFINE or Rodinol.

Weakness:

None really. It's kinda slow and not as punchy as T-MAX 100. Yet, you should be using fill-flash anyway, right?

Good stuff. Buy it in bulk really cheap!

Customer Service

Kodak has pretty nice charts.

Similar Products Used:

Most other Kodak b+w films.

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Nov 19, 1999]
bill
Intermediate
Model Reviewed: Plus-X 125 ISO Black & White

Strength:

Variety of use. Adaptability.

Weakness:

Sepia tones tend to develop.

For the subject, people, you cannot find a better B&W film.

Customer Service

Never had to use their services.

Similar Products Used:

All other films.

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Nov 10, 1999]
Michael Goldfarb
Expert
Model Reviewed: Plus-X 125 ISO Black & White

Strength:

A wonderful classic emulsion. Not as sharp or fine-grained as the newer tech films of the same speed (e.g., TMX), but has a wonderful look and great exposure and processing latitude.

Weakness:

Nope.

Unjustly overlooked now, Plus-X is a wonderful "old tech" film that produces gorgeous results and is much more forgiving than newer films.

Customer Service

Kodak's CS is legendary!

Similar Products Used:

All of them - APX 100 (also great!), FP4 Plus, and the newer TMX and Ilford Delta 100

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Oct 19, 1999]
j j
Expert
Model Reviewed: Plus-X 125 ISO Black & White

Strength:

Very tolerant of exposure, but very good results. I also like techpan and I dislike TMAX so you can probably figure my preferences.

Weakness:

Often hard to find. I use it mostly in 120/220. Hard to find labs to develop 220 B&W.

I think it's probably the film I've shot my best images with to date. Thjat's [partially because of where I was at the time :-)

Similar Products Used:

FP4. Different but I like both.

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Sep 27, 1999]
Kristine Trent
Intermediate
Model Reviewed: Plus-X 125 ISO Black & White

Strength:

I could develop it myself.
Sharp.

Weakness:

none

Haven't used it in a looooong time now, but I'm sure it's the same nice B&W film that it used to be. Back when I used to have a darkroom, I'd have tons of fun printing out very nicely contrasted and pretty much grainless pictures. Even good sized enlargements (11x14!) looked nice.

Similar Products Used:

none

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
4
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