LeicaBraz Posted May 21, 2011 Share #1 Â Posted May 21, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Bought a couple of rolls which will try next week. Any particular comments or recommendations? (I do not develop myself). Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stealth3kpl Posted May 21, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted May 21, 2011 Acros Neopan 100 = Legacy Pro 100. I found it to be fine at box speed in Ilfosol3. http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/film-forum/158624-film-thread.html#post1564945 Â Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timd. Posted May 21, 2011 Share #3 Â Posted May 21, 2011 Any particular comments or recommendations? (I do not develop myself). Â excuse me, i don't understand. if you don't develop yourself - what recommendations do you need? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterman Posted May 21, 2011 Share #4 Â Posted May 21, 2011 My first recommendation would be start developing my second would be get some Diafine and shoot at 200 iso Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted May 21, 2011 Share #5  Posted May 21, 2011 Hi  Ignore pert advice. Use a good lab.  Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ola.fiske Posted May 21, 2011 Share #6 Â Posted May 21, 2011 I can not agree more. Acros @ 160-200 and Diafine is a match made in heaven:) Â Ola Fiske Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted May 22, 2011 Share #7  Posted May 22, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) My first recommendation would be start developing my second would be get some Diafine and shoot at 200 iso  I can not agree more. Acros @ 160-200 and Diafine is a match made in heaven:) Ola Fiske   This is very interesting. I'm used to seeing people recommend over-exposing film. What effect does this under-exposure and diafine development bring? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterman Posted May 22, 2011 Share #8  Posted May 22, 2011 This is very interesting. I'm used to seeing people recommend over-exposing film. What effect does this under-exposure and diafine development bring?Pete  With Diafine it gives all films an extra stop or two. With Tri-x 400 best result I have got is when pushed to 1600 nice contrast but not too much for scanning I have tried a few rolls at 1250 as an experiment not as punchy as I would like. I have always assumed pushing a film effectively meant you were under exposing ie for a given aperture it would give faster shutter speed therefore less exposure and better low light performance Diafine is some sort of self compensation developer not blowing high lights and keeping detail in shadows it gives you quite a bit more tolerance on exposure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Holy Moly Posted May 22, 2011 Share #9  Posted May 22, 2011 Diafine is a 2-bath developer. The different baths provide a smooth and not so hard tonal range and less grain compare to some other standard developers. Second benefit is the easy scanning, even with LED driven Nikon Coolscan V and 5000. These scanners are well known for pronouncing grain compare to 'soft light' scanners as Minolta 5400.  High noon pic from Nantes in very strong light:  Eléphant | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted May 29, 2011 Share #10 Â Posted May 29, 2011 I'd like to try diafine with Acros. This guy found it to be great too. Â I've read that Diafine has very lenient time/temp dependency. These examples have very different development times: Sara on Film | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Sara, headshot on Neopan | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Â Why would one use such different development times? Do you think it was simply because of different developing temperature? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted May 29, 2011 Share #11  Posted May 29, 2011 I'd like to try diafine with Acros. This guy found it to be great too.  The page where this video originated with the diafine results alluded to.  More info here with TriX and diafine. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted June 8, 2011 Share #12  Posted June 8, 2011 My first experiment with Diafine and Acros 100, Epson V700. A walk in the woods with the dog:  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!       Pete Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!       Pete ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/152241-acros-neopan-100/?do=findComment&comment=1696530'>More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted June 9, 2011 Share #13 Â Posted June 9, 2011 My first experiment with Diafine and Acros 100, Epson V700. A walk in the woods with the dog: Â The only problem is that it's virtually impossible to draw any conclusions based on a 900 pixel ~100k Jpeg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted June 9, 2011 Share #14 Â Posted June 9, 2011 I accept what you're saying, but being scanned with a flat bed, some would argue that we can't draw any conclusions about sharpness or grain no matter how big the file. From my point of view Diafine was idiot proof in that I warmed A up in a jug in the bath until its temperature was a degree or so into the recommended range. Felt the jug containing B to judge whether or not it was at a similar temperature ( I didn't want to swap my one thermometer from one jug to the other contaminating each), then used 5+5. This film was exposed at EI100 (Diafine recommends 200) but has come out fine with good contrast and looks sharp. To my uneducated eye the negatives look good. My previous Ilfosol3 Acros and HP5 negs look bland in comparison to these and require much more work in PP. I'm chuffed with the stuff so far. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted June 9, 2011 Share #15 Â Posted June 9, 2011 If you're happy with the results Pete, that is what counts. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted June 11, 2011 Share #16  Posted June 11, 2011 Another couple from this film (Acros 100 at EI100 diafine 5+5 at 75F ish). Pete  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members!  ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/152241-acros-neopan-100/?do=findComment&comment=1699258'>More sharing options...
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