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ProMax brand 35mm black and white film
24 exposures per roll
ISO 100 or ISO 400
Sealed in moisture-proof plastic container for easy, safe
storage in your refrigerator or freezer.
This is an excellent black and white
35mm film made in Europe and distributed in the USA for many years
exclusively to schools. Teachers have known about this film for
years. With most photography teachers abandoning
film in favor of digital, substantial quantities have now
become available for normal retail distribution.
The actual manufacturer
of the light-sensitive film inside the cassette is unknown. It seems to expose and process exactly
like Agfa. It is definitely not one of the former east-bloc films,
nor is it from China.*
As you probably know,
Agfa-Gevaert ended production of consumer goods in 2004, and the
Agfa brand for consumer photography is now licensed to several
German retail distributors.
As a result, Agfa brand films are not widely available in
North America. This is an excellent chance to stock up on a very
fine modern Agfa film without paying for the brand name.
Because we order in
wholesale quantities, we are
able to bring this very good but little-known film to you at a price
that is attractive to students. Though inexpensive, it will nonetheless richly reward
the serious photographer.
Tests indicate these
films are fresh, but the expiry date is unknown, and you should store
them in your refrigerator or freezer.
I have tested several
rolls, outdoors as well as indoors under controlled lighting. My personal
belief is that these are re-packaged Agfa films, however I cannot
prove that, and it may not be true. Either way, I have no hesitation in recommending this fine
film, despite its low price.
Recommended minimum development times
(room temperature, approximately 68-70°F)
For more contrast, increase development time.
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Developer
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Time in Minutes
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ISO 100
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ISO 400
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D-76 Developer
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9
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10
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D76 1:1
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14
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12
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D23
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11
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n/a
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Rodinal 1:50
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13
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12
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Kodak HC110 1 + 31 (B)
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7
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6
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*(Note: a customer told us that he
has in his possession ProMax 35mm films that are made in China.
However, the films we are offering are from Europe.)
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35-100LAU
ISO 100, per roll:
(3-roll minimum)
Expose at ISO 100, and process in D76 1:1 for
nine to eleven minutes
35-400LAU
ISO 400, per roll:
(3-roll minimum)
Expose at ISO 400, and process in D76 1:1 for ten
to twelve minutes
For the truly
frugal: Develop this film at
home using instant coffee, vitamin C, and a few other common
kitchen, laundry, and swimming-pool chemicals. Then scan the
negatives and print on your inkjet or laser printer.
With this home-brew developer, you will experience
some speed loss — shoot the ISO 400 film at ISO 100, or shoot the
100 film at 25.
Either way, the results can be excellent. Click here
for details.
Please note: the Frugal Photographer AMAZON
STORE offers excellent name-brand
35mm films from Amazon's e-commerce partners. We scour Amazon
regularly to bring you the best possible prices.
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Process your own 35mm film at home. This is the only specialized equipment you need.
Compact Processing
tank with two easy-load
spiral reels. Chemical-resistant plastic. Process color or black and
white film, 35mm or 126 (one or two rolls at a time), plus 127, 120, 620, and
220 (one roll at a time). Includes
tank, light-proof lid with "wave motion" manual agitation
rod, liquid-tight lid for agitation by shaking or rolling, two
rapid-load spiral reels that adjust for 35mm, 126, 127, or
120/620/220, box, and instructions. The spiral reels feature wide,
flat film guides that make film loading much easier and faster than
conventional reels.
This is a very high
quality injection-molded product made in Barcelona by A.P. Plastics.
It is 100% compatible with the expensive Patterson tanks and reels
available elsewhere. There is good reason to believe AP manufactures
tanks and reels for Patterson.
Product
APTAN 
ea.
No darkroom? All you need is this
film loading bag
This is a well-made
double-layer fabric bag for handling light-sensitive materials, such
as film, in daylight. It features a large double-zippered opening on
one end, and elastic-lined wrist holes on the other. Totally
light-proof.
Place your film and tank
inside, close the double zippers, put your wrists in the sleeves,
and handle your light-sensitive materials in complete safety.
Small
bag, 17 inches square. More than adequate for the 35mm photographer.
Product BAG1717
Medium
and large format film bag, 27 x 30 inches. Truly a portable
darkroom. Product
DL-0188
USED Reloadable 35mm cassettes
package of 24
Order
now for shipment from Calgary
USED, with marked paper labels. You receive a plastic bag containing
24 used cassettes, 24 end caps, and 24 spools. The cassettes and
spools are black; the end caps can be black, red, or white.
These are metal cassettes, purchased in bulk from a
school-photography studio that switched to digital. Almost
all of them have gummed paper labels used by the studio for job
ID. You may want to remove the labels, but you can also leave them
on.
They're perfectly clean, with
perfect felt light-traps, and guaranteed to be
light-tight. Importantly, they come from a clean laboratory environment and are dust-free. Most have three layers of labels,
indicating they were used three times. Metal cassettes are typically good for twenty
to thirty reloads, depending on how careful you are.
Product
CASS35-USED
24 for 
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Please
note: the Frugal Photographer AMAZON
STORE offers 100' rolls of
excellent Ilford and Kodak bulk-load films.
If your local photo store no longer stocks film, you can load your own 35mm cartridges at
home, in a dark room or using a dark-bag. One 100'
(30.5m) bulk roll gives you 18 36-exposure rolls, plus some left
over.
Buy empty, reloadable 35mm cassettes. Be sure they are the
reloadable kind — the end caps must be removable without destroying
the cartridge.
Load your dark bag with a can of bulk film, some cassettes, a
12" ruler, some masking tape, and scissors.
Inside the bag, remove the end cap from a cassette, and take out the spool.
Still inside the bag, measure and cut the film to 5-1/2 feet,
using the ruler. Tape one end to the spool
(be sure the long end of the spool faces the correct way), and roll it
up, emulsion side in (the film curls naturally with its emulsion
side in), leaving a short tongue. Insert it in the
cassette, with the tongue sticking out of the cassette slot, and
replace the end cap.
When you've reloaded all your cassettes, take them out of the bag
and trim the ends of the tongues with scissors so you can load them
into your camera.
Empty, re-loadable cassettes for making
your own 35mm film loads from bulk rolls of film.
You can load just over 18 36-exposure rolls from one
100-ft bulk roll of film. Good value!
Note: when you put the
cap back on, be sure the long end of the film spindle
protrudes from the cap, as per the photo above. If it protrudes from
the other end of the cassette body, the cassette won't fit your
camera.
Plastic: These are new,
unused heavy plastic cassettes with end caps and spools. Will last for
many years of heavy use. Per bag of
24.
Product CASS35-24
24 for 
Metal: These are new,
unused metal cassettes with end caps and plastic spools. Thinner
and lighter than our plastic version, identical to the cassettes
used by manufacturers. With careful use, metal cassettes typically
give twenty to thirty reloads.
Product
MET-CASS35-24
24 for
You can load just over 18 36-exposure rolls from one
100-ft bulk roll of film. Good value!
Click here
to order developer and fixer for processing your black and white
films at home or on the road, using your new dark bag and processing
tank.
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