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Developing Neopan 400
I havn't developed my own black and white films for years.
Would appreciate advice on best current developers for 35mm Neopan 400 . Been shooting sunny snow scenes with shadows. Ed Bcck |
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Developing Neopan 400
It is very similar to Tri-X. For instance, I develop Neopan 400 in
Acutol 1+14 for 8 minutes (20C/68F) for use with a condenser enlarger. and grade 3 paper. For Tri-X, 8 1/2 in Acutol 1+14 minutes is about right. Start with your old Tri-X time and adjust from there. wrote: I havn't developed my own black and white films for years. Would appreciate advice on best current developers for 35mm Neopan 400 . Been shooting sunny snow scenes with shadows. Ed Bcck |
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Developing Neopan 400
Say Mike,
I know you swear with condensors, but my VC-head is so versatile I wouldn't invest extra money in a condensor head. Did I ever ask your advice on dev. times for Neopan400 for diffusors? Jan "UC" schreef in bericht oups.com... | It is very similar to Tri-X. For instance, I develop Neopan 400 in | Acutol 1+14 for 8 minutes (20C/68F) for use with a condenser enlarger. | and grade 3 paper. For Tri-X, 8 1/2 in Acutol 1+14 minutes is about | right. | | Start with your old Tri-X time and adjust from there. | | | wrote: | I havn't developed my own black and white films for years. | | Would appreciate advice on best current developers for 35mm | Neopan 400 . Been shooting sunny snow scenes with shadows. | | Ed Bcck | |
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Developing Neopan 400
Just start with D-76 and the published times and go from there. There's
no other way, really. Jan Tieghem wrote: Say Mike, I know you swear with condensors, but my VC-head is so versatile I wouldn't invest extra money in a condensor head. Did I ever ask your advice on dev. times for Neopan400 for diffusors? Jan "UC" schreef in bericht oups.com... | It is very similar to Tri-X. For instance, I develop Neopan 400 in | Acutol 1+14 for 8 minutes (20C/68F) for use with a condenser enlarger. | and grade 3 paper. For Tri-X, 8 1/2 in Acutol 1+14 minutes is about | right. | | Start with your old Tri-X time and adjust from there. | | | wrote: | I havn't developed my own black and white films for years. | | Would appreciate advice on best current developers for 35mm | Neopan 400 . Been shooting sunny snow scenes with shadows. | | Ed Bcck | |
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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:48:48 +0000, Matt McGrattan
wrote: I've had wonderful results with Calbe A-49 on Neopan 400. Lovely tonality and almost no grain. I don't understand the logic behind it, but A-49 always seems to produce extremely good results, even on really crap film like Classic (=Forte) 200, which is truly abysmal when developed in an otherwise totally reliable developer like D-76. |
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Developing Neopan 400
UC,
in another post you branded the Paterson times as useless. I have to admit you're right. I developped Neopan 400 in FX-39 according to their instructions and it came out much too dense and hard, although the film speed looks OK (frame with 5 stops underexposure has visible density). As I'm using a diffusor enlarger, I'd rather not copy your suggestions - as you tested for condensor printing - but try to fiigure out what I need in my particular case. Now I'd like to change one of the following parameters: dilution or time. But wich to chose? We know that higher dillutions and shorter time will both decrease contrast. We know that the side-effect of changing development time results in a slight change in acutal film speed. But what about the relationship between dillution and film speed? In other words: suppose I want to decrease contrast in the same degree. What would be the difference in film speed between both methods - shorter time vs higher dillution? TIA! Jan schreef in bericht ink.net... | I havn't developed my own black and white films for years. | | Would appreciate advice on best current developers for 35mm | Neopan 400 . Been shooting sunny snow scenes with shadows. | | Ed Bcck | | |
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Jan Tieghem wrote: UC, in another post you branded the Paterson times as useless. I have to admit you're right. Of course I'm right. I wriote to them repeatedly, asking for justification for these times, and they simply pleaded that they could not possibly be mistaken. Typical British arrogance. I developped Neopan 400 in FX-39 according to their instructions and it came out much too dense and hard, although the film speed looks OK (frame with 5 stops underexposure has visible density). WHY did you do that? WHY did I take all the trouble I did, to do the reaearch on these films, and get them published on the digital truth site? As I'm using a diffusor enlarger, I'd rather not copy your suggestions - as you tested for condensor printing - but try to fiigure out what I need in my particular case. Simply take what I say and add about 15% to start with. DO NOT change the dilutions I recommend, only the times. It's much simpler that way, and any errors in time will be less influential. That is, a 10-second error at 10 minutes is less influential than a 10-second error at 5 minutes. Use these dilutions, and add 15% to the times, to start with: http://www.digitaltruth.com/chart/sc...-paterson.html Follow the recommended dilutions EXACTLY! If it says 1+16.5, do it! If it says 1+14, do it! I spent lots of money and time working these out. You learned the hard way that Paterson's times were wrong (so did I), now, TRUST ME! Now I'd like to change one of the following parameters: dilution or time. TIME! But wich to chose? TIME! We know that higher dillutions and shorter time will both decrease contrast. We know that the side-effect of changing development time results in a slight change in acutal film speed. But what about the relationship between dillution and film speed? TIME! In other words: suppose I want to decrease contrast in the same degree. What would be the difference in film speed between both methods - shorter time vs higher dillution? Don't worry about it. The development time scarcely affects the real speed. The effect is less than 1/2 stop. TIA! Jan schreef in bericht ink.net... | I havn't developed my own black and white films for years. | | Would appreciate advice on best current developers for 35mm | Neopan 400 . Been shooting sunny snow scenes with shadows. | | Ed Bcck | | |
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