Neopan 400

GeneW · 08-25-2004

Although you can't wholly judge a film on the basis of one roll, my first experience with Neopan 400 has been extremely positive! I really like this film!

As with Tri-X I exposed it at 320 and eased back a little on development. The resulting negs (Rodinal 1:50) seem finer-grained than Tri-X and have a very pleasing and rich tonality.

If Ilford disappears, it's nice to have Neopan 400 as an alternative to HP5!

Gene

bmattock · 08-25-2004

I have also used Neopan 400 - I also enjoyed the creamy texture. You might also consider the Neopan 100 Acros. Different stuff.

Then there are all the revival former-eastern-block B&W films to discover and play with!

We're not down to Tri-X alone just yet.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

Todd.Hanz · 08-25-2004

I am finding that Rodinal seems to play a big part in the richer tones I am getting, everything I have read about it and the film I have developed seem to show sharper grain though. I have used it on Scala and on Tri-X, I really like it!

Todd

back alley · 08-25-2004

with all this talk about rodinal, if i ever make it back into the darkroom i'm gonna have to try some.

Rich Silfver · 08-25-2004

I love Fuji Neopan 400!

Do yourself a favour and try Fuji Acros 100 as well....

GeneW · 08-26-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by rsilfverberg
Do yourself a favour and try Fuji Acros 100 as well....

It's on my list of films to try!

Gene

Stu :) · 08-26-2004

Neopan is fantastic. Acros, 400, 1600, I use them all.
Rodianl 1:50 is good for Acros and 400. But I've been told that 1600 soup's up nice at 1:75, still working on that time...
One joy with Nopan is with all the different speeds they offer, they all have the same development time if you expose them at N-0. I have had one of each in tank once, 1:50 @ 20c for 13 minutes, all turned out great.

Stu

GeneW · 08-26-2004

Stu, are you doing any darkroom work with the negatives? If so you probably want somewhat denser negs than I do.

Exposing Neopan 400 at 320 I developed for 10min at 20C and got negs that scan well. I gently invert 2 times each minute in a Patterson tank. Then there's all the variations of water all over the world...

I didn't know that the dev time for Neopan was the same for all its ISO types. That's totally cool if you do a mixed shoot and want to develop them in one tank.

Gene