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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: fredjeang on March 15, 2010, 08:59:03 pm

Title: Polapan 55 and Gigabitfilm
Post by: fredjeang on March 15, 2010, 08:59:03 pm

Hi,

Does anyone is still working with the Polapan 55 and/or Gigabitfilm?
I can not find a dealer for gigabitfilm.
I am very interested by those films.

Thank you very much

Fred.

Title: Polapan 55 and Gigabitfilm
Post by: schaubild on March 16, 2010, 12:11:37 am

Quote from: fredjeang

Hi,

Does anyone is still working with the Polapan 55 and/or Gigabitfilm?
I can not find a dealer for gigabitfilm.
I am very interested by those films.

Thank you very much

Fred.

The Rollei ATP 1.1 is identical to the Gigabitfilm, except for the developer, which was developed by Spur for Rollei.

http://www.ars-imago.com/-c-21_25_483_795.html (http://www.ars-imago.com/-c-21_25_483_795.html)

Title: Polapan 55 and Gigabitfilm
Post by: BlueLemon on March 16, 2010, 02:49:57 am

I still have 4 boxes of the Pola type 55 and have been working just a little bit with the ATP 1.1 - and it´s is on par with the Tech Pan !!! No doubt in my mind.

But the chemicals and film is still too expensive - and I would like to see the ATP in sheets also - whooooaaaa :-)

But just a small wish :-)

Title: Polapan 55 and Gigabitfilm
Post by: fredjeang on March 16, 2010, 01:28:18 pm

Quote from: schaubild

The Rollei ATP 1.1 is identical to the Gigabitfilm, except for the developer, which was developed by Spur for Rollei.

http://www.ars-imago.com/-c-21_25_483_795.html (http://www.ars-imago.com/-c-21_25_483_795.html)

I heard that the Gigabitfilm is also the same that the Agfa Copex Rapid Pan.
Could it be possible that it is the same product under different names?

Title: Polapan 55 and Gigabitfilm
Post by: fredjeang on March 16, 2010, 01:30:32 pm

Quote from: BlueLemon

But the chemicals and film is still too expensive - and I would like to see the ATP in sheets also - whooooaaaa :-)

But just a small wish :-)

I think if they produce that it is the end of digital  

Title: Polapan 55 and Gigabitfilm
Post by: schaubild on March 17, 2010, 12:17:13 am

Quote from: fredjeang

I heard that the Gigabitfilm is also the same that the Agfa Copex Rapid Pan.
Could it be possible that it is the same product under different names?

That was the case for the old Gigabit film, the actual one is a new development and is sold by Rollei/Maco, Gigabit and Spur with their own (different) developers.

Title: Polapan 55 and Gigabitfilm
Post by: hsmeets on March 17, 2010, 07:59:31 am

Quote from: fredjeang

Hi,

Does anyone is still working with the Polapan 55 and/or Gigabitfilm?
I can not find a dealer for gigabitfilm.
I am very interested by those films.

Thank you very much

Fred.

Try ludwig<at>gigabitfilm<dot>de  The website www.gigabitfilm.de is still up and here you can find full contact details. But my impression is that the company no longer is in business.

Around 2004/2003 I bought a box of 4x5. I did shoot a few sheets but actually, given the limited enlargement at printing, the whole was questionable and I sticked with TMX in readyloads.

For 35mm YMMV.