Agfa Copex 50 120 Film Sample Photos | Quinta Mazatlan

September 16, 2026

Looking for Agfa Copex 50 120 sample photos? These frames were shot at Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center in McAllen, Texas — the 1930s Spanish Revival adobe estate at 600 Sunset Drive. Agfa Copex Rapid 50 is a document- and microfilm-derived black and white stock: ISO 50, extremely fine grain, high contrast, and enough resolving power (about 600 lines/mm) that 120 medium format holds tilework, iron, and foliage with almost no grain.

Quinta Mazatlan is one of Texas’s largest adobe houses (about 10,000 square feet), built in 1935 by Jason and Marcia Matthews. The City of McAllen bought it in 1998 to keep it from demolition and opened it in 2006 as a public “mansion with a mission.” Today it is one of nine World Birding Center sites in the Rio Grande Valley — roughly 20 acres of Tamaulipan thornforest, gardens, and tropical plantings around the historic house. More than 250 bird species have been recorded here.

Copex 50 was made for copying documents, so conventional developers can push contrast hard. On 120, that same edge is useful for architecture: white stucco against dark iron grilles, carved urns, clay tile roofs, and the deep shade under live oaks. These Art by Pino sample frames are from a walk through the grounds.

Spanish Revival house with stone urns and front steps at Quinta Mazatlan shot on Agfa Copex 50 120 black-and-white film, developed in black-and-white high-contrast chemistry. — Spanish Revival house, urns, and steps at Quinta Mazatlan — Agfa Copex 50 120

Agfa Copex 50 120 film sample photos

Tiled cottage, palms, and a pool at Quinta Mazatlan shot on Agfa Copex 50 120 black-and-white film, developed in black-and-white high-contrast chemistry. — Tiled cottage, palms, and pool at Quinta Mazatlan — Agfa Copex 50 120

Historic white house behind a hedge and oak tree at Quinta Mazatlan shot on Agfa Copex 50 120 black-and-white film, developed in black-and-white high-contrast chemistry. — Historic house behind hedge and oak at Quinta Mazatlan — Agfa Copex 50 120

Wrought-iron hanging cage under a large oak at Quinta Mazatlan shot on Agfa Copex 50 120 black-and-white film, developed in black-and-white high-contrast chemistry. — Wrought-iron hanging cage under a tree at Quinta Mazatlan — Agfa Copex 50 120

Quinta Mazatlan gate pillar and 600 Sunset Drive sign in McAllen shot on Agfa Copex 50 120 black-and-white film, developed in black-and-white high-contrast chemistry. — Quinta Mazatlan gate and 600 Sunset sign, McAllen — Agfa Copex 50 120

Want more of this estate? The book Quinta Mazatlan: A Visual Journey — photographs by Art by Pino, text by Eileen Mattei — covers the mansion’s architecture, history, and World Birding Center grounds.

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Agfa Copex 50 120 is a slow, high-resolution B&W film. These samples show how it handles South Texas sun, stucco, and garden shade at Quinta Mazatlan.