Re: [Leica] Ilford Delta 100 + Neopan 1600

[Mike Stone <mike.stone1@virgin.net>]

I have been using Delta 100 in medium format for some recent landscape
work and was most impressed with its tonal range, as you noted slightly
thin negs do seem to print well but as with other films I have used I
did notice a higher proportion of pin prick holes in the emulsion,
nothing that a godd spotting session can't cure but not what I'm used to
with Tri-x.

On the Neopan 1600 front I was commissioned to do a shoot that required
" nasty lumps of grain " for which my lab reccommended Neopan 1600 as
the "worst possible film ". I shot at 6400ISO and had it developed at +2
which was spot on for negative density, if a little contasty and
sharpness but the grain was nowhere nere as bad as I needed. I had to
work really hard in the darkroom to accentuate it when printing.
Conclusion Neopan is probably quite a good film at 1600. Unfortunatley I
have no idea what my lab developed it in but I could find out if you
want.

Regards

Mike Stone

Christer Almqvist wrote:

> 
> Arthur (and anybody else!), I would be interested to know what your
> experience is with Neopan 1600. Grain, sharpness, true speed, good standard
> developer etc
> 
> Regards, Chris