[Leica] Adox CMS 20

[crbirchenhall at googlemail.com (Christopher Birchenhall)]

Good question. I was quoting from their blurb, Here is a fuller quote:

"ADOX CMS 20 has an orthopanchromatic sensitization which
differentiates perfectly between colors. The CMS ?sees it all?. No
green filter is necessary in portrait photography."

I read it to mean it is as panchromatic unlike Technical Pan which was
red sensitive as I recall e.g. highlighted freckles. Maybe the ortho
is suggesting that it is equally sensitive to all colours?

Chris B

2009/3/8 H. Ball Arche <h_arche at yahoo.com>:
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> OK, what does "orthopanchromatic" mean?
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> --- On Sat, 3/7/09, Christopher Birchenhall <crbirchenhall at 
> googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Christopher Birchenhall <crbirchenhall at googlemail.com>
>> Subject: [Leica] Adox CMS 20
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 6:28 PM
>> I tried a roll of Adox CMS 20 today
>>
>> One shot is here:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crb/AdoxCMS20/_figurine.jpg.html
>> http://tinyurl.com/aowbky
>>
>> The large version of the image shows many flaws but it does
>> confirm
>> the fine grain of this film. Years back I loved using Kodak
>> Technical
>> Pan and I think this film is a worthy replacement, maybe
>> even better
>> as it is "orthopanchromatic". I have just printed
>> an A3 version and I
>> am truly impressed. The sense of regaining the past is
>> strong - I even
>> used a Nikon F2 as I did in my prime years - though it was
>> with a
>> modern Zeiss lens!
>>
>> Photography is so rich today; we have "clean",
>> almost clinical
>> digital, and we can still do soulful film photography. I
>> love it!
>>
>> Chris B
>>
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