[Leica] That magic 777

[jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)]

I like the results. I'm going to try some Neopan 400 in 35mm if B&H ever 
mails the stuff to me. Until then, I have only 120 size. 
--
Jeffery

---- Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: 
> My box of 4 gallon packs of 777 came in, so I took a couple rolls of 
> outdated films (Ilford Pan and AgfaPan) and shot some stuff so that I can 
> "condition" the developer. The mixing wasn't too difficult, although the 
> "mix in small quantity of hot boiling water, 140 degrees F" definitely 
> gave 
> me a double take (Sadly, when I told that to my 15 year old daughter, she 
> didn't quite get what the problem is. Her excuse is that her first year of 
> High School only touched on Biology...). The A and B bags are at least 
> labelled.
> 
> Since neither the directions or even digitaltruth.com has timing, I took a 
> stab at 24 deg C at 9 mins, constant agitation with the Jobo with a 5 min 
> pre-wash. Even though the first few batches in a fresh developer isn't 
> suppose to be great, I think it came out all right:
> 
> http://dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/071406/crop0016.jpg
> 
> Nice, sharp with a full tonal range. What more can one ask for?
> 
> Then I developed a roll of Neopan 400. 11:30 mins at 24 deg C 
> (digitaltruth 
> time lists as 10-13 mins, so of course I took the average :-) ). This has 
> to be the, well, words escape me. It's a fabric print like no other:
> http://dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/071406/crop0008.jpg
> 
> Again, nice, sharp with a full tonal range. What more can one ask for?
> 
> I think I will like this "magic" formula a lot.
> 
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
> use richard at imagecraft.com) 
> 
> 
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