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While in the Isle of Skye last year I took a few rolls of film with me and got a couple of shots that I like myself. I developed them at home, probably my 10 roll to develop myself. I would like everyones comments. Now the composition is probably not the best but I’d like some feed back on these shots.
Both developed with 1-30 rodinal Special, 9 minutes, every 30 sec agitation nice and gentle.
Fuji Acros 100
Neopan 400
Hi I love the tones in all of these, you would never be able get the tone / grain mix on digital, I even love the grainy sky makes it more unique, but I am surpised on how grainy the neopan 400 is
Regards,
Marc
Thanks guys, the neopan is very grainy alright.. There is more grain in this roll than in some of the other rolls I have developed. Suppose could be just that roll of film maybe. Like the tones allot in these shots myself..
John
Hi, nice shots but I particularly like the first. The second is pretty identical to it but I prefer the narrower depth of field.
I’m surprised by the graininess too. This is about as grainy as some 1600 ISO black and white film I had – think it’s Neopan too.
Not that the grain is a bad thing.
Could it be due to the processing?
Currently I develop neopan 400 using rodinal Special, 1-30 for 9 minutes, agitation every 30 secs, wash then fix for 5 minutes Ilford rapid fix then rinse..
anyone have any other ideas tips hints etc they would be greatly appreciated.
John
If you want to lessen the contrast, lessen the agitation. General recommended agitation is to agitate each minute, with more frequent agitation serving to increase the contrast. That said, Rodinal is a high acutance developer, so contrast/ sharpnesess will be a little higher anyway I suspect.
Have not shot any Acros/ Neopan myself, but there are several members here I’ve seen who do. They might be able to give you more specific advice, re: what you can expect, and feedback on different developers.
Flickr is also a good source of seeing what different film & developer combinations look like – I’m sure there is an Acros100/ Neopan400 group.
FWIW, I’ve seen some very nice results from Neopan 400 in 35mm, with fantastic contrast and great tonality,
Damien
johnhig wrote:
Currently I develop neopan 400 using rodinal Special, 1-30 for 9 minutes, agitation every 30 secs, wash then fix for 5 minutes Ilford rapid fix then rinse..
anyone have any other ideas tips hints etc they would be greatly appreciated.
John
I have shot a good bit of Neopan 400
As for “ideas tips hints” this is what I do, it works for me and his how I like to use and dev the film…
I rate the film at 250iso normally, this is to get more details in the shadows and to basically just to get a more evenly exposed neg that will print a bit easier in the darkroom. When there is no natural contrast in the picture I am taking e.g. if its overcast I rate it at iso400 to get a little more contrast into the neg
For 120 film I use Rodinal 1+50 for 9 minutes 20c. Agitate for 10 seconds once a minute
For 35mm film I use Kodaks XTOL or Ilford ID-11. Agitate for 10 seconds once a minuteWhen I am pushing Neopan 400 to a higher iso I now always use Kodaks Xtol, superb developer for pushing film…
Have not used Rodinal Special for Neopan so cant comment on it
M
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