Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don Dory wrote: > > Listen to Ted, try Neopan, and I think that if detail and grayscale are what > > you want the images to have then you will be pleased. Hi Don, I must give credit to Mark Rabiner in finally getting me settled into using Neopan 1600 correctly with the right developing mix and times. EXTOL 1:3 as it's a magical film in the truly available darkness route. I'm amazed at the fine qualtiy it produces under atrocious light conditions. It's so far a head of 3200 films no matter what you do to squeeze quality out of them, the Neopan shoots them down with your eyes closed. Mark Rabiner wrote: > A friend of mine bought a brick of Neopan 1600 from CameraWorld > yesterday and shot a rock group last night and processed it last night > as well in Xtol 1:3. > He had been impressed with my results. > As Don says it can compete with medium speed films run in Rodinal or > other less excellent developers.<<<< And right there is the truth of what can be accomplished with neopan 1600 and EXTOL! >>> As Don says it can compete with medium speed films run in Rodinal or other less excellent developers.<<<< I don't go on any shoot without rolls of it handy. And given the women medical project is picking-up steam I figure before Dec. 31, 02 we'll have killed a couple hundred rolls of it along with a couple hundred rolls of Tri-x and lord knows how many gallons of EXTOL! ;-) Not to mention film developing and printing time, both wet and scanner / computer / Epson . Look at it this way, any time Mark Rabiner tells you how to do something in the darkroom because that's what he does..... it's gospel! :-) Thanks again Mark. ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html