[Leica] Neopan Advice

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Tina,
I use Across 100. Developed in the JOBO with Pyrocat-HD with Glycol at 70deg 
for 8min. I use a 1:1:100 (A:B:H2O) and the slowest rotary speed available. 
Presoak for 2 minutes. My EI for N is 84. To draw in the highlights (N-1), I 
would increase exposure 1/3 stop (EI=64) and decrease dev time by 20%. For 
N-2, EI=50 and dev t - 35%.
I use distilled water for all steps, but it is mandatory for pre-soak and 
dev.
Works great :-)
Best,
Bob

 Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com




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From: Tina Manley <images@comporium.net>
To: lug@leica-users.org
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:56:56 AM
Subject: [Leica] Neopan Advice

LUG:
This trip I've decided to take only Leicas - my two M8's and one 
M7.  I'm going to take B&W film and try to think in B&W again.  I'm 
also taking my Noctilux which I love but have never been able to use 
with my M8's, so I'm looking forward to using that.  I am worried 
about the high contrast that I'll run into in the Andes.  When I was 
in Bolivia, the shadows were so black, I'm still trying to work with 
those photos.

Slobodan, you suggested Neopan for blocked shadows.  What developer 
do you use?  Dilutions, temperatures and times? I use a Jobo so any 
suggestions you have for developing for film that will be scanned 
would be greatly appreciated.

TIA,

Tina

Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com


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