Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]William Gower wrote: > > I've only shot one roll of Neopan 1600, which I shot at the rated 1600, and > developed in XTOL 1:1. > > Has anyone tried another developing cocktail for this high speed film? > > I mixed up a batch of DIAFINE yesterday, and the recommended exposure index > for Neopan is 2400. > > I also have a bottle of Rodinal here that I could try at either 1:25 or > 1:50, and a fresh batch of XTOL mixed last week. > > Any developing suggestions or hints out there ? Who's done what with Neopan? > > Regards > > William I really like neopan 1600 in diafine... I shoot it at 2400 and get very nice results. The problem with diafine is that it makes you lazy...:-) Very smooth, well defined grain. Shadow detail isn't the greatest, but the highlights are well under control. For me, this tends to work pretty well. Isaac