With no published development times for Ilfotec LC29, the developer I used, on neither the data sheet from Maco, nor the Massive Dev Chart, I used stand development, with a dilution of 1+100 for one hour.įirst latitude test contact sheet, stand developed in Ilfotec LC29 They also decrease the overall film sensitivity.Īs with previous film tests I shot a roll of 35mm Superpan using an Olympus OM10 SLR, with a range of meter settings of 25, 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 for film latitude. Yellow filters can be used to get a higher image contrast. With the uniform distribution of the panchromatic sensitivity within the range of visible light, the terrain can be imaged very faithfully without having to revert to the use of special spectral recording filters. Obviously, this yields an improved image contrast and therefore more information. With its expanded colour sensitivity into the near infra-red range of the colour spectrum, Aviphot Pan 200 offers excellent penetration through haze, fog and other atmospheric conditions liable to affect the image quality. It can also be used in stereo image recording devices, either airborne or in ground-based facilities for subsequent production of three-dimensional plans, maps, etc. This film can be used in industrial recording systems, such as equipment for plotting graphs in control and monitoring devices. In the film rebates, on the medium format version, Rollei is used, while 35mm has just the name Superpan 200.Īgfa-Gevaert's data sheet describes Aviphot Pan 200's applications as:Īerial photography assignments from low to medium altitudes, for gathering, interpreting and processing information intended for cartography, inventory purposes and exploration studies. As can be seen in the photograph above, the film packaging uses both Agfa and Rollei brand names for the medium format film, while the 35mm labels do not use the Rollei name (the 35mm film is also not DX-coded). Superpan 200 is sold by Maco but is produced (as Aviphot Pan 200) by Agfa-Gevaert in Belgium, and Maco's website uses Agfa-Gevaert's Aviphot Pan 200 technical information sheet. There are few stockists in the UK for Superpan 200, West End Cameras currently has the film in stock when asked about in Silverprint, they hadn't heard of the film. Of the three films, all are available in 35mm and medium format rollfilm, additionally, Fomapan 200 is also available in large format sheet film. Fomapan 200 was discontinued for a few years, but was recently reintroduced in a new formulation Ilford's SFX 200 shares some characteristics with Agfa Superpan 200: the name denotes that the Agfa film is superpanchromatic, with extended red sensitivity beyond normal panchromatic films, to near infra-red, and with the right filters (like SFX 200) it can produce similar effects to true infra-red film.
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There are very few black and white films manufactured with a nominal speed of 200 currently, just three: Fomapan 200, Ilford SFX 200 Creative, and Agfa Superpan 200.