Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Steve, If by "normal" development you mean what you find in the data sheets or in the Massive Development Chart on http://www.digitaltruth.com/, then I would say that it should be only a starting point for your own testing. For Neopan 1600 and XTOL 1+3 the chart suggests 13 minutes at 20C when the film is rated at 1600; I have found that 12.5 minutes is better for me. Similarly, the time for Ilford Delta 100 in XTOL 1+3 is 15.5 minutes, and applying the Kodak correction in the data sheet yields something like 18 minutes, but I have found 15 or even 14.5 minutes to give me much better results. My tendency to prefer shorter times is obviously a function of the fact that I use a Jobo processor. The point though is, that with B&W film there really is no substitute for doing your own testing and deciding for yourself what is the best developing regime given the way you shoot. Nathan Steve Barbour wrote: > I have been told to shoot it at 1000 or 1200 and develop normally...any > experience with this approach? Steve > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html