ben_crabtree Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 A relatively new issue of Black & White Photography magazine has a review of 400 ASA films and makes some pretty positive comments about Neopan 400, leading me to want to try it out for a while. For those of you who have positive experience with the film, what developers have you tried and which seem to work the best. I would like to shoot it close to 400 ASA (250-320 at a minimum). Ben Crabtree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleck Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 XTOL 1:1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_paradis Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 seemed to work good with Xtol 1:1, but take a look at the previous post dealing with emulsion bubbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmmccarthy Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I shoot it regularly at 1600 as I think it actually looks better than Neopan 1600 at that speed. I develop it in straight D-76 for 13.5 minutes and it's always consistent (except for the batch I botched last night that is). At slower speeds I'd imagine either D-76 or XTOL at a 1:1 dilution would give very nice results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_walton2 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 D76 1:1, HC110, Diafine are to name a few that I have tested and use. Diafine especially has a great high acutance and with my cold light heads, I like the slightly higher density rating it at 400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_doan Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Hmm, I use Sprint 1:9 and have gotten consistent results everytime. 7:45 at 70 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_vincent_twiss Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Ben I use Dixactol as a single bath. 91/2 minutes with constant agitation for the first 30 Seconds then one inversion every two minutes. This is followed by the usual stop and fix followed by a rinse then two minute immersion in the used developer with agitation every 30 seconds. Dixactol is a glycin/catechol developer with excellent sharpness, fine grain and compensation properties. The immersion in used developer promotes a rich stain that is proportional to the density of the negatives, thus reducing the possibility of blocked highlights. There is no speed loss but shooting at 320 ASA will ensure rich detailed shadows. See www.barrythornton.co.uk for further details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich815 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I know this is an old thread but I'm going to throw my 2 cents in. I find beautiful results with Microdol-X 1:3 for 13 min. at 24C: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=103408363&size=o or stock at 8 min. at 21C: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=104022024&size=o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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