Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan I agree, it's replaced Delta 3200 as my high speed film. I also rate it at 1600 and develop in Xtol. See the link below for an example... http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/Albums/Bruges_Jan_2003/BW14.htm Steve - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman Sent: 23 January 2003 07:13 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: Noepan 1600 (WAS: niagra falls) Rei Shinozuka wrote: > not an idiot. > > Anchell and Troop _Film Developing Cookbook_ page 14, paragraph VII: > > Neopan 1600 is an interesting film. It appears to be an ISO 400 film > with as much gelatin and hardener removed as possible. This allows > the film to be developed for a shorter time with a slight gain in speed. > The true speed of this film is close to EI 650, and the tonal scale > is similar to Tri-X. However, it responds well to pushing. > > * note, that some on this newsgroup such as mark rabiner use it at 1600 with > excellent results. :-) I started using Neopan 1600 a few months ago and have become a total convert. While it may be theoretically slower than Delta 3200 or Kodak TMZ, in practice I find that when I rate both Neopan 1600 and Delta 3200, I get much superior results from the Neopan: more shadow detail, richer negatives, better highlights, less grain. Simply better in every respect. I develop the Neopan in my Jobo processor, and the following two developers have worked well for me: - - XTOL 1+3, 12,5 minutes at 20 C - - Ilfotec DD-X 1+4, 5 minutes at 20 C Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html