Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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