maddoc
... likes film again.
Interesting that Fuji's Neopan 400 is so popular amongst Tri-X and HP5. HP5 gives nice transparent negatives but is is just me or has HP5 some more tendency to curl compared to Tri-X for example ? I find HP5 difficult to scan for that reason.
mike goldberg
The Peaceful Pacific
The fact that HP5+ is slightly ahead of Tri-X in the poll above, really surprised me. I like the look of HP5+ in HC-110, 1:19 dilution. Would you believe it?... HP5+ is $8- per 36 exp roll in Jerusalem.
To get Tri-X or a long roll of whatever they import here, I have to go to Tel Aviv, an hour away.
Re: Tmax 400, I'm looking forward to the new, improved version. In color, I shoot mostly digital. In B/W, film is still the best ;-)
To get Tri-X or a long roll of whatever they import here, I have to go to Tel Aviv, an hour away.
Re: Tmax 400, I'm looking forward to the new, improved version. In color, I shoot mostly digital. In B/W, film is still the best ;-)
mike goldberg
The Peaceful Pacific
Hi Gabor,
If I can get Neopan 400 in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, I'd like to try it. Re: Scans... a local lab does mine. I give them an un-cut roll, and they cut it into 6 strips of 6 frames, after scanning to CD. Yes, there is some curl to ALL films.
Ciao, Mike
If I can get Neopan 400 in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, I'd like to try it. Re: Scans... a local lab does mine. I give them an un-cut roll, and they cut it into 6 strips of 6 frames, after scanning to CD. Yes, there is some curl to ALL films.
Ciao, Mike
Russ
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crawdiddy said:
Neopan has beautiful tonality, much finer grain than Tri-X and HP-5, and scans well. It also soups well in most developers. Since discovering it, years ago, the only other non C-41 B/W film that I've burned is Delta 400, which is another very good film. A couple of years ago, B/W Photography magazine did a subjective test on the seven traditional B/W films, and they too, considered Neopan 400 to be the best of the lot, with Delta 400, a close second.
Russ
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Ororaro
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maddoc said:
Just leave a book over the negative sleeve overnight and you should have nice and flat negatives for scanning the next day.
maddoc
... likes film again.
Ned, thanks for the tip ! I tried this once but the film started curling again after a while. According to some info I found over there at photo.net, film curls more when the air is very dry. In summer I don't have any problem (flat negatives, high humidity) in winter they curl like hell (down to 10 % of humidity). :bang:NB23 said:
cheers,
maddoc
Mike: I sent PM to you.
mike goldberg
The Peaceful Pacific
Of course, in Jerusalem it's dry, dry 
Once the scan to CD is done at my local lab and the negs are cut to 6 x 6's, it no longer really matters. I no longer have a wet lab, and everyone prints from digital media these days.
Once the scan to CD is done at my local lab and the negs are cut to 6 x 6's, it no longer really matters. I no longer have a wet lab, and everyone prints from digital media these days.feenej
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Not to sound like a broken record, but Neopan, TriX and HP5, in that order. I have not had good luck with Rodinal or Diafine with the 35mm version of HP5, so I am looking for a better develper for the 100 feet of it that I have on hand right now. I wish Neopan was still available in bulk.
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Madrigal
Three-Shot Rose
So far- TMax 400 @ 400, Xtol 1:1
John Bragg
Well-known
Hi All. I voted for Neopan 400 and I have no hesitation in recommending this lovely film to anyone. I was torn between this and Tri-X as my favorite but the Fuji won by the narrowest of margins. Better skin tones in my opinion.
fidget
Lemon magnet
I like HP5+ (ID11 1:1) in my MF work, but sometimes find the grain too much in 35mm, so seem to be standardising on Delta 400 here.
arseniii
Well-known
Tri-x.........
planetjoe
Just some guy, you know?
I'll always love 400TX; but these days I'm often rating it @1600, souped in HC110h. Works a treat.
Cheers,
--joe.
Cheers,
--joe.
Madrigal
Three-Shot Rose
I have 1 roll of Tri-X. Not sure which camera I loaded it into... I love surprises
like2fiddle
Curious
feenej said:
I have liked HP5 the most in D76 1:1. It is also ok in HC-110 1:100 and dil B. Didn't like it in Rodinal 1:50, but I have not played around with different dilutions of Rodinal as much as I have with the other two developers. Oh, and FWIW, got really good looking negatives of HP5 in Caffenol-C
, haven't tried printing yet.
Dogman
Veteran
HP5+ for several years now. I have about 100 rolls of 35mm in the freezer along with about half that much in 120 size. I process it in Rodinal diluted with sodium sulfite (as per Bill Pierce's articles from the early 1970s) or D76 1:1 or 1:3.
I also like Tri-X but HP5 looks just a smidgen better to me.
I also like Tri-X but HP5 looks just a smidgen better to me.
Marc-A.
I Shoot Film
In my short life as an amateur photographer, I've used a few different films: Neopan 100/400/1600, TriX, Agfa 100/400, HP5, Delta 100/400, Fomapan 400, Era 100 (Chinese film).
TriX was my favorite for a long time, but I found out that HP5 is a better, richer, more subtle film. So my favorite is HP5, but my opinion is of an amateur. For fine grain and superb contrast, Neopan 100 (Acros) is wonderful.
TriX was my favorite for a long time, but I found out that HP5 is a better, richer, more subtle film. So my favorite is HP5, but my opinion is of an amateur. For fine grain and superb contrast, Neopan 100 (Acros) is wonderful.
Harry Lime
Practitioner
Give me Tri-X or give me death.
I would eat the stuff if I could.
Develop it in DD-X, but plan on giving Xtol a try.
I would eat the stuff if I could.
Develop it in DD-X, but plan on giving Xtol a try.
GeneW
Veteran
Tri-X, Neopan 400, HP5+ : I use whichever one costs the least the day I'm buying. They're great films with slight personality differences but much in common.
Gene
Gene