Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/07

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Agfapan 400
From: jcb at visualimpressions.com (JCB)
Date: Fri Jan 7 18:32:11 2005
References: <20050107201238.3EC4D109EB5@xprdmailfe1.nwk.excite.com>
 
At 12:12 PM 1/7/2005, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote:

>Anyone have experience with this film? I'm going to be shooting a punk 
>band in low light, a real raw atomosphere and I want grain. What developer 
>have you used with it? Pushed it?
>
>Thanks for your insight,
>
>Marko


The best low light B&W film Fuji Neopan 1600. Develop in Xtol or D76 1:1 
and get superb results. Tri-X at 800 is also very good. See Ted's books for 
stunning examples.

For grain, develop any high speed film (Tri-X, Agfa 400, Neopan 1600, etc, 
in Rodinal 1:25. Grain city! Very sharp grain.

JB
In reply to: Message from marko1976 at excite.com (marko1976@excite.com) ([Leica] Agfapan 400)