Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Terry - and everybody else who has replied. I will do some experimenting before I leave and appreciate everybody's advice. I'm making notes! Tina At 05:35 PM 1/11/2009, you wrote: >I highly recommend using Microdol-X to process your Neopan. If it is >Neopan 400, process it diluted 1:3 at 75 degrees for 18 minutes. >This will result in retention of all highlight and shadow details, >making printing easy. I also use the aforementioned processing >details for Delta 100, Acros 100, and Tri-X at 400. Dick Gilcreast >of the Leica Historical Society mentioned this in an article of the >Society's Viewfinder Magazine years ago, and it is wonderful! Last >year I captured some images of people gathering at a very informal >movie premiere, all wearing bright white t-shirts in bright >sunlight, with my 90mm APO/Aspherical 90mm-M lens and Acros 100. I >processed the roll of Acros in undiluted ID-11 (identical to D-76) >and the t-shirt highlights were blown out, showing no detail >whatsoever. (I used the ID-11 that time because I was out of >Microdol-X.) I've captured images of children and cats and dogs >during the last five years in various lighting conditions, including >outdoors in bright sun and indoors with my Metz flash, and >Microdol-X always gave and gives me easy-to-print negatives with >details completely intact. > >Terry > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information