jose_angel Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 <p>Arthur, I suspect it could be a web image quality issue... we need to look at the original prints to know it.<br /> <em>Is this a question of exposure or developer, as Acros is normally a film of good latitude?</em><br /> Although it`s known that one should expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights, I`d say if the exposure is excessive highlight detail could be washed out even with a reduced development.<br /> With a reasonable exposure and a proper developing time, any "normal" developer should reproduce the highlight detail with more or less smoothness. Acutance developers will have a sharper look (increased border definition), while fine grain developers will have a softer edge look (smoother, less defined border transition). Modern tabular films could be more difficult to work with but for sure they provide good results.<br> I always think that photogs who master this extreme sharpness simply have a great control over the development stage... very specific or modified fomula, optimal agitation, etc. to increase adjacency and other effects.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher_moss Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 <p>I received two 100ft cans of Legacy Pro 100 today, and two of the 400, which are generally reckoned to be Acros 100 and Neopan 400. I'm intending to use them with Diafine, which means exposing at ISO 200 and 640 respectively. Since I'm scanning the negatives rather than wet printing I don't mind if they come out looking a bit flat.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicaglow Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 <p>John-Paul, I just developed 120 Acros in 1:50 Rodinal, and it looked spot on. I used a Hasselblad EL/M, various lenses, and meters. The lenses and camera have all been recently serviced (CLA). I don't have the Hasselblad images scanned yet, but here's a Holga image. No telling what shutter speed<g>.</p> <p>I can say that the Hasselblad negs printed very well. I didn't like the tonal range that much, but then I'm used to stand developing Acros in Rodinal, and the tonal range is longer.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willscarlett Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 <p>Michael, did you use the MDC time of 13.5 minutes? The negatives weren't hard to print, I just used a lower contrast filter.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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