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Subject: RE: [Leica] Ilford Delta 100 + Neopan 1600
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:59:27 -0400

I remember that stuff!! It was the precursor to TMY 3200 and was so grainy
it looked like your image was produced by arranging a bunch of pebbles...:-)

B. D.



If you really want nasty grain effects, I think Kodak still lists 2475
Recording Film.  It used to be  (1976-ish) the super speed surveillance
film, but is now regarded as an art product for grain effects.

Tom Schofield

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Ilford Delta 100 + Neopan 1600


> Mike Stone wrote:
> ><Snip>
> > On the Neopan 1600 front I was commissioned to do a shoot that required
> > " nasty lumps of grain " for which my lab reccommended Neopan 1600 as
> > the "worst possible film ". I shot at 6400ISO and had it developed at +2
> > which was spot on for negative density, if a little contasty and
> > sharpness but the grain was nowhere nere as bad as I needed. I had to
> > work really hard in the darkroom to accentuate it when printing.
> > Conclusion Neopan is probably quite a good film at 1600. Unfortunatley I
> > have no idea what my lab developed it in but I could find out if you
> > want.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mike Stone
> >
> They gave you bad advice in my opinion.
> For an incredible grain effect I do T Max 3200 in Rodinal 1:100. (@1600)
> Tried it later on on the cheaper Neopan 1600. It was ten times less
grainy!!!
> Almost usable in a regular commercial sense!
> Mark Rabiner
>