Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/11
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We must meter differently 'cause it never worked well for me.
I had better luck with Eric Merrill's recipe which was 1:3 70*, 12.5
minutes, 30 secs. initial agitation and then 10 sec. agitation every 60.
Truth be told, I don't think I ever really nailed this film, even though I
use it a lot.
--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Neopan Advice (now asking about Neopan 1600)
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 8:07 PM
> Neopan 1600 is/was my favorite film. Especially with my
> Leicas which I'd do
> mainly street shooting with not so much studio.
> I got tri x in D76 one to one ore better results from it at
> full 1600 in
> Xtol 1:3 70 degrees agitation every minute I forgot how
> long.
> Very fine grain with darkroom 11x14's.
>
> I say was as I tend to shoot Ilford XP2 now or color neg
> and then decide if
> I'm going black or white or not just like as if I'd
> done a digital capture.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
> > From: David Keenan <ausdlk@gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group
> <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:39:50 -0600
> > To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Neopan Advice (now asking about
> Neopan 1600)
> >
> > Are are the opinions out there for Neopan 1600?
> >
> > I have some Diafine and Xtol on order. Have plenty on
> D-76 on hand.
> >
> > I tried a roll of 1600 in D-76 1:1 last weekend and it
> looked okay -- but
> > always looking for the better mousetrap.
> >
> > Tri-X and Diafine sounds pretty interesting. And no
> one seems to dislike
> > Xtol.
> >
> > My development is also destined to be scanned.
> >
> > Dave.
> >
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