Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What is a good mail order source of Neopan 1600? Thanks Pat Rabun - ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Neopan 1600 > Steve Rowell wrote: > > > > Okay all you Neopan experts. I have a bunch of Neopan > > 1600 that I want to shoot at 400 - 800. I noticed on > > the Agfa web page, under the Rodinal processing chart > > they recommend an effective speed of 640 for 1 + 50 > > processing. On other charts I've seen 1600 for the > > same time and temp. Anybody know which is correct? > > > > Thanks, > > Steve Rowell > > > Sure but why the heck would you want to shoot it at 400 or 800? > You'll got dead on gorgeous negs at 1600 with full shadow detail. > Have you been constantly getting negs which are thin in the shadows? > There really is no other reason Steve! > Over exposure is not pretty! :) > > You don't get a richer fuller more friendly neg. You get mush. > > All these options on these development charts are not supposed to get your > creative juices flowing. > As I see it they are not creative options. It's babble. > Each film as a certain speed with the developer you're using and you base that > speed on shadow detail. > You don't just pick a nice sounding number and i think a lot of people do that. > "I KNOW!!! Acufine at 3200 1:4!!! Wow!!! WHAT A COMBINATION!!!" > I would never do that. > > I assume the number on the box is correct and go out and do some bracketing with > my first roll and then make a stab at a development time. Try to make some > prints and then go from there. Adjusting my development time accordingly. If my > shadows are thin then i reduce my fill speed. Such as Delta 3200 which is 1200 > in any developer I've used with it. > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon > USA > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html