[rollei_list] Re: Rodinal & Neopan results

Jan,

I think your tones look fantastic!  Yes, a bit contrasty but that's
more than conditions I think and not adjusting for such.  Should you
decide to try this combination again and find yourself in such
contrast I recommend shooting the Neopan 400 at 250 and pulling back
your development time about 30%.  Should make for a flatter neg but
will scan much easier and you'll get more detail in the shadows.

I have had some great results with Neopan 400 with Rodinal:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/2586707363/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/67533121/

(though neither of those were the over-expose/pull back development
time method for contrasty light, and just the first one is a Rollei
shot....)

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On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Jan Decher <Jan.Decher@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> This "Donkeys in WIlliston, VT" series are the first three results from the
> roll of Neopan 400  I processed in my "old" Rodinal 1:50 for 11 minutes (as
> recommended on the Rodinal box and the "Massive Development Chart"):
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mittelformat/
>
> It got a bit too contrasty for my taste so I struggled a bit to make it work
> in the digital environment and I know the negs won't be a pleasure to work
> with in the darkroom.  Perhaps the developer was a tad too cold (1/2 a
> degree Celsius) ??
> Two pictures ot the Montreal olympic tower against the blue sky are
> worthless becasue the sky and tower ended up almost white in white  (on this
> note: I am looking for a clean Bay II orange filter!)
> I may go back to Sprint Developer or D76 for Neopan 400.  Definitely need a
> softer result for "Mother and baby" shoot I have planned with my 3.5E.
> Any suggestions?
> Jan
>
> On Mar 24, 2009, at 1:07 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote:
>
> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:35:28 -0700
>
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Rodinal Question
>
> From: Richard Sintchak <rich815@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I've used 5+ year old stuff that was not brown, but BLACK.  Worked fine.
>
> --
>
> Richard S.
>
> San Francisco
>
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