Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Neopan 1600 developers
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 13:24:43 -0800
References: <B9F41709.14BC7%Mail@SlideOne.com>

John Straus wrote:
> 
> on 11/6/02 1:58 PM, Mark Rabiner at mark@markrabiner.com wrote:
> 
> > Not trying to be contentious, Rei, but i thought i knew my A&T backwards
> > and forward could you give me a page number on that Neopan being a
> > modified 400 ASA film and really being 640-800? This destroys my world!
> >
> > A lot of people i know are shooting it at 1600 and got having any
> > problems with thin shadows at all!
> >
> >
> > Mark Rabiner
> > Portland, Oregon USA
> > http://www.markrabiner.com
> 
> Any chance of you posting a few current examples Rab? I also wonder if
> scanning is a lot more harsh on the negs than B&W printing (as you do a lot
> of darkroom work). My scans at 1600 suck especially with the Nikon LED...
> 
> --

Will do soon John! Was interested to find that out, Rei I don't have my
Anchell and Troop books handy or I'd have checked that out myself. I'm
emptied a bunch of stuff into a back room so i can organized these front rooms.

I'll scan some 8x10's I feel it gives a better feeling of the grain than
scanning from the neg.
But think of all these countless people severely underexposing there
Neopan 1600 by over a full stop!
You'd think a few of them would notice! You'd think I'd notice!
That's the logical problem I've got with it being some kind of stripped
down 640-800 film in which the asa remains 640-800.
I'd think the stripping down process has made it a 1600 would it not?



Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.markrabiner.com
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