John Mustarde wrote:
>
> Sitting here on a rainy, gloomy day...
> with several rolls of ancient
> outdated Kodak Tmax 3200 and Fuji
> Neopan 1600 b&w film.
>
> So do I shoot these at their rated
> speeds of 3200 and 1600? I plan to
> develop them at home. I'm looking for
> "standard results", not
> experimental, and will probably scan
> the negs rather than make prints.
John ...
TMAX p3200 is rated at 1000, not 3200, although on a gloomy,
grey day I'd shoot it at 1600 or 3200. Neopan is actually
rated at about 800, if I recall, but like the p3200, I'd shoot
it at 1600 on a day as you've described.
> Also, what soup/time/temp do I
> use to develop the negs?
John, what developer do you have? There are, literally, dozens
of options available. Good possibilities are Ilfotec DD-X,
D-76, and some people swear by XTOL for the TMAX films.
Go here for some other possibilities for Tmax:
http://www.digitaltruth.com/photo/chart/tables/tmxp32.html
and here for the Neopan suggestions:
http://www.digitaltruth.com/photo/chart/tables/neo1600.html
I've not played with Neopan, so I couldn't recommend anything
from personal experience.
However, since the film is outdated, it may yield very poor
results. High speed film is very sensitive to long storage
times, even when refrigerated or frozen.
--
Shel Belinkoff
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"The difference between a good photograph
and a great photograph is subtleties."
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