Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/08

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Subject: Off-Topic Re: [Leica] ? Technical Pan
From: Ken Iisaka <kiisaka@ms.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 12:04:38 +0900

I have found that the highlight blocks easily on the Ilford Pan F when
developed on ID-11, D76, or HC-110.  It appears that the lattitude is narrow.

I have found that Delta 100 + HC-100 works better for me, and gives me equal
sharpness and grains.

Joe Stephenson wrote:

> Dear Gerd,
> Unless you simply must use the KodakTech pan, I would suggest that you try
> Agfapan 25 of the Ilford ASA50 black and white film. Both are wonderfully
> sharp and grain-free. They also offer the advantages of being designed to
> work with common developers.
> Joe Stephenson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerd Hechtfischer <Gerd.Hechtfischer@t-online.de>
> To: 'leica-users' <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 4:21 PM
> Subject: [Leica] ? Technical Pan
>
> >
> >Hi LUG,
> >
> >more than ten years ago, I did some b/w shooting with Kodak
> >Technical Pan film. The results were amazing, the high resolution of
> >this film gave the prints a look like it was from medium format
> >though it was only 35 mm. I remember that I did some special
> >film developping to get the high contrast of the Technical Pan softer
> >for normal shooting, I think it was exposed as 50 ASA. Now I
> >want to do this again, but I have lost the recipe for developping.
> >Can anyone help?
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Gerd
> >