Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Zietz <jzietz@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu> writes: > Is Fuji Neopan 1600 still available? I used to find that it gave the least > build-up in highlights the least loss of shadow detail, but I haven't used > it in years. Oh, yeah! I used to be fond of that; pleasing image characteristics except for (or including, depending on the desired effect at the time) practically fist-sized grain. A good film for the "snowstorm" look, although a piker compared to the ultimate gimme-grain recipe I heard of and tried which involved Tri-X in Dektol(!) Remember the days before TMZ, and even Neopan 1600, when the high-speed tip was Tri-X in HC-110 replenisher? > > I had tried the XP2, it > > wasn't bad, but the emulsion seemed to be very soft. I always got it > > back from various color labs with long fine scratches on the film. > > I have the same problem with all C41 films, plus I worry about the archival > qualities of these films. As do I; but of course the most dramatic way color C41 films degrade is that the dyes of different colors fade at different rates, which I assume is less of a concern here... - -Jeff