Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, no apologies, required. As you say, what works best for each person. I've only recently returned to b&w after a very long hiatus and its very much learning from scratch. The other factor for me is that I am scanning the negs and that definitely requires an adjustment. Basically 10 to 20% underdevelopment in my case. Still I'm quite grain sensitive and long for those smooth tones from the medium format stuff. I can get closer converting from colour neg or trans, but where's the fun in that? Distinguish too between the Acros at 100 ISO and the 400. Another consideration for me is that I like to support Fujifilm and Ilford. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marc James Small Sent: Tuesday, 28 November 2006 15:12 To: Leica Users Group; 'Leica Users Group' Subject: [Leica] Neopan 400 At 08:31 PM 11/27/2006, G Hopkinson wrote: >Marc I haven't seen such an opinion on the Neopan 400 before. From my >own recent and limited b&w renaissance, I've had better >results from the Neopan vs HP5. Hoppy Perhaps I spoke in haste and, certainly, whatever works for you, works for you. I go back a LONG way with Ilford, back to H.P. 3 in 1965, which I used to pump up to 1200 ASA for astrophotography in my High School days. This is an emulsion I really like and understand after four decades of use. I generally develop it in home-brewed D-76 but I also use one of several Crawley mixes or ID-11 and even XTOL, when I can find it. For that matter, I've had some really good results with HP-5 and Rodinal. I had a miserable time with Neopan in its early days and I've not tried it since then. It was an unworkable emulsion with a huge learning curve. I had climbed that one already to tame T-Max but simply lacked the time and energy to learn how to use Neopan when I was so damned happy with HP-5. (I eventually DID learn the trick to using T-Max and came to love it for its virtues, though I never warmed to its higher-speed brethren.) So, if you find Neopan friendly to your needs, I apologize. I simply find it an unworkable film with little apparent benefit and much difficulty. Perhaps I ought to try it again. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information