Adox Silvermax 100

[@lensman5762]

Is this film still in production? Rumour had it that it was the frozen master rolls of the Agfa APX 100 ( the original Agfa and not Agfa photo which is only a licenced brand ), Adox bought the remainder of it and called it Silver Max.

[@tundrusphoto4312]

I must be the odd one out here, but the grain on the Adox does look a little finer to my eye.

[@MarcoRoepers]

The contrast seems to be higher, as usual with 100 ISO films compared to 400 ISO films

[@PYREDD]

When I was starting film photography and testing various film stocks I was shocked by the quality of this film. I must say that I printes much smaller than you, but those images almost looked digital for how clean they were. A pity this is no longer available.

[@cavb748]

Can anyone recomend a 400 iso film that renders color red (dark) similar to this?

[@AI-Hallucination]

6:50 nah the shadow is lighter in tri x more detail looks about crushed for me in adox

[@wv_]

Great looking image overall. I think this was my favourite looking image zoomed out. Shame about the grain.

[@giuseppeg.8461]

My favourite film photography channel on youtube. Thanks for this. I LOVED Silvermax when it was available. It looked gorgeous in its own dedicated developer. Sad it's not available anymore. Interestingly, its current Adox alternative, CHS II 100, is a much, much poorer film IME (VERY grainy, and half the declared speed - a 50 ISO film that's as grainy as HP5+). Come on Adox.

[@patrickcook3056]

Why would you not use ADOX’s Silvermax Developer? They specifically say that the film works best with its own developer and I’ve found that to be the case.

[@TheNakedPhotographer]

I explained why

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

Why would you not watch the whole video to see why he didn't... I swear some people.

[@patrickcook3056]

@@Adrian-wd4rnYes that was already pointed out to me but thank you for the redundant comment Adrian.

[@manfreddick-kreuzer8712]

It's a pity that Adox is no longer producing this film.

[@andreaskarbe4030]

Yes, unfortunately it is true. When Agfa Leverkusen went bust, Adox saved the recipe and the remaining raw ingredient stock to produce APX but did not buy the brand APX itself. So this film is the historic Agfa APX 100. After 10 years crucial raw material stock dwindled and it is unfortunately non-economical for the scale Adox produces the film to replenish.

[@janjasiewicz9851]

@@andreaskarbe4030 Actually the reason Silverman was discontinued according to Adox is because of high silver prices (Silverman is a high silver content film) which made it too expensive to make.

[@Uwe_Ludolf]

​@@andreaskarbe4030no it used ingredients of Agfapan APX100 but if definitely not the same

[@Lebenspiel]

Honestly, this looks better than Tri-X. The whites are white and blacks are black. The print from Tri-X looks too much greyish IMO.

[@pierlombardini8705]

100 iso film is expected to have more contrast, I like better the smothness of tri-x

[@thepurestofboredom1219]

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[@AI-Hallucination]

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