Kodak Double-X 5222 film?

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1/400 second at f16 on a sunny day will work, and equivalents thereof.

[AndrewK]

8 hours ago, Anbaric said:

I think Kodak rates 5222 at 250 ISO for daylight work, but that's for cinematography and may not directly apply to your use (shooting stills and presumably scanning them).

If you're not developing it yourself, I'd start by shooting some otherwise identical test pictures at both 200 and 400 and perhaps a few other settings (noting which you used for each frame) and just get standard processing done with no special instructions. You might find that (e.g.) you prefer the look at 400 ISO with normal development. See for example:

https://jonoshields.com/post/double-x

With the developer and timing used in this test, a higher ISO setting than 200 might well be preferable (though this may not be true for the developer used by your processing service). Your results will give you a baseline for any further adjustments (e.g. requesting push processing).

If you do want to try developing yourself, you might start with the suggestions here:

https://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php

This is fantastic. Thank you!

[hansvons]

I’ve shot 5222 for cinema projects and still shoot with it privately for my enjoyment with my M6.

ISO 250 is Kodak’s EI (exposure index) proposal measured with a densitometer. I find it works best at 100-200 ISO in contrast-rich environments. In flat light ISO 100 is better. Xtol is a great developer if you don't have its proprietary D96 developer at hand. 5222 is not remotely as good for pushing as HP5. Its gamma gets super steep and the grain will be significantly stronger. 

As it’s made for cinema it works nicely for portraits without these soft skin tones Ilford films tend to show, as filmmaking is basically shooting portraits. My favourite B&W stock.

[bdolzani]

I shot a roll of XX last week. M2 + 35mm Summaron 3.5. More specialized than Trix or HP5 and certainly fun to use. Dev'd in HC-110. I don't have D76 or any powder developers...I do have some Rodinal and DD-X. 

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