Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, the Franklin snow scene is a good one. Nothing flat or thin about it as shown too us. V good sharpness too, I think. That old Nikkor earning its keep. I think I'll try that Neopan at 1000 in Xtol as suggested by Michiel. Then I'll see what it scans like. 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 bob palmieri Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2007 14:54 To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Neopan-Xtol Xpert-Tease Sought Folks - I seem to recall that some Luminary Lug-gers have worked out the details of Neopan 1600 in Xtol 1:3. I shot 2 rolls at 1600 and sent it to my Usual Guy who did the Xtol thing at 1:3, although I didn't get his time/temp specs. They both looked pretty thin, but otherwise very impressive in terms of grain structure. So. I'm wondering: Should I try 800 ISO next round and have him do whatever he did (seeing as how the web and the mags are full of folks who claim that this stuff really ain't anywhere near 1600), or Should I try 1600 again and specify some percentage of increase in development time (if so how much, d'ya think, without being able to see the negs)? For what it's worth, here's a shot from each of the rolls (after I beat on them a bit with levels & curves in Photoshop)- the first is from my new(!!??!) Nikon F (??!!?) with a 50 1.4 cropped close to the field of an 85: http://www.pbase.com/bobsworld/image/74860346 And this one, shot with my CL and 35 4th gen 'cron: http://www.pbase.com/bobsworld/image/74896881 Or I s'ppose I could shoot another coupla rolls and try both... I gotta say, under the 30X mag the grain structure looked more appealing to me than anything I've ever shot above 400. Bob Palmieri _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information