With the demise of Eastman Plus-X Negative Film 5231 (Discontinued April 2010), the alternative would be from ORWO film. ORWO actually have two 35mm motion picture negative films. ORWO contact details.
| ORWO Universal Negative Film UN 54 | Medium speed film with an EI of 100 ISO. Available in 30.5 metre, 122 metre and 305 metre cans. |
| ORWO Negative Film N 74 plus | High speed film with an EI of 400 ISO. Available in 30.5 metre, 122 metre and 305 metre cans. |
This site comes out of wanting to gather as much info as possible on using this motion picture film stock in 35mm rangefinder and SLR cameras. A long running thread on the Rangefinder forum and the Eastman Kodak Double-X (5222) group pool on Flickr has a small but happy and dedicated band of users using Double-X and experimenting with different developers and ASA/EI settings and sharing their findings.
One thing I have found of benefit is researching how cinematographers use the film. One source that was the most helpful and is written in non-tech language was Ryan Patrick O'Hara's site. Head to the "Learn" section. There you will find two documents, Shooting for Black & White (Part 1) and Shooting for Black & White (Part 2). Not just a good read but contains a wealth of knowledge and experience.
It is also worth reading through the information at the Kodak Black & White Film Products section of their web site. There are some interesting links there if you dig around.
As with all things on the inter-web, this site is constantly developing (pun intended!). It is above all a collaboration from the members of the Rangefinder Forum and Flickr who all shoot Double-X and have contributed to the information contained on the site. So my thanks go to - in no particular order:
| Dave Killeffer | |
| Robert Wilson | Canada |
| Tom A | Tom - Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| lkgroup | Leo - Washington State, USA |
| Nokton48 | Dan - Central Ohio, USA |
| df cardwell | Don - Michigan, USA & Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia |
| Vieri | Turkey |
| ClayH | Texas, USA |
| Al Kaplan | Al - Florida, USA. Sadly, Al passed away on Tuesday 29th December 2009. He will be missed for his knowledge and wonderful stories. |
| dpetrzelka | Washington State, USA |
| erik | Rhode Island. USA |
| cosmonot | New Jersey, USA |
| pschauss | Peter |
| Cale Arthur | Michigan, USA |
| Sean Porter | Washington State, USA |
| Chris Livsey | Chris - UK |
| noimmunity | Jon - Shanghai, China |
| sockeyed | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| maddoc | Gabor - Japan |
| Shelley-Ann | Canada |
| mgd711 | Mike - Phillipines (The Mariner with a Camera) |
| K14 | Washington State, USA |
| elmoG | |
| mabelsound | Robert - New York State, USA |
