Rollei RPX400 Any good ?

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Hello all,

Have any of you any experience with Rollei RPX400 ? What do you think ?

Thanks all
 
Weirdly enough I finished my first roll of that on saturday.
I can't speak to the sharpness because the camera is a bit misty in the lens, but the tonality is quite nice, nothing too extreme in terms of contrast. I'd definitely shoot it again
 
I've used it in 35mm and 120 and it is a very nice film. As @VirtualAdept says it has a nice tonality with good blacks and as far as I can tell it is a nice and sharp film.
 
Fantastic stuff. I've used it extensively in medium format. In 35mm, it's rumoured to be made by Ilford and to be identical to 'Kentmere 400' and 'Agfaphoto APX 400'. Pick the cheapest.

In medium format it gets interesting. There is no Kentmere 400/Agfaphoto APX 400 in medium format. So you're left with RPX400. However, if it's really coated by Ilford and based on the Kentmere 400 emulsion, you might as well go for HP5, which is technically a superior product than Kentmere 400.
 
Thanks everyone, I think I will try a few rolls of a number of films and see which ones I like I have on my list HP5, Delta 400,Rollei RPX400,Delta 3200 for a bit of low light playing and a couple of either Kentmere 400 or Formapan 400 for camera testing . Your shots look lovely Kieth very nice smooth tonality as others have already said about the film.
 
One thing worth mentioning is that Fomapan 400 is extremely different from Kentmere 400 and RPX 400. It's strongly red sensitive, which may be something you like or dislike.

I personally like it for architecture/nature/inanimate subjects but hate it for portraits: it's like having an orange filter always on: Caucasian skin will appear deathly pale, red lips will be rendered a very light shade of grey.

On the other hand, blue skies will be darker than in normal panchromatic film (just like having a deep yellow or orange filter on).

So in my experience you might have to tailor your choice depending on the subject.
 
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Some of the Rollei 135 films are on polyester substrates, but it appears RPX400 is on triacetate (info from macodirect.de which has better technical info than anyone else I know of). This probably doesn't matter much to most of you, but it does make a difference for those using daylight tanks like Rondinax or (possibly) Lab-box. My Rondinax guillotine won't cut the polyester films, so after winding it in you have to get the tank into the dark bag, open it up and cut the film with scissors! I have a Lab-box, which may have a slightly better guillotine, but I haven't tried it.
 
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