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....) -- Richard S. San Francisco My Photography Website http://www.lightshadowandtone.com My Flickr River http://flickriver.com/photos/rich8155/popular-interesting/ My Commute Photo Blog http://shootingonthefly.blogspot.com/ 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 > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list