neopan 35mm in tmax 1+9

[Michael I.]

i have some rolls of film, neopan 400@800. the material on them is important, so I cant experiment. I have a 1+9 dilluted TMAX dev.

http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=Neopan+400&Developer=TMax+Dev&mdc=Search

which I usually trust offers very long times, seems unlikely. I usually develop trix 10.5 in 1+9 @20c and like the results.


any advice?

 

[timor]

Not easy question, but this maybe helps:
http://faculty.rcc.edu/hewitt/Photography/Documents/firstday_lab/Developing%20times.pdf
or
http://forums.photographyreview.com/film-photography/neopan-400-tmax-developer-38235.html
Maybe you will figure out something.
Also
http://filmdev.org/recipe/search?search=fuji+neopan+400

 

[timor]

Nowhere anything solid. If that film is important why don't you go with something you are sure about ?

 

[Steinberg2010]

Maybe shoot a separate roll of film also at 800 and develop that first to check?

~S

 

[Michael I.]

i developed it in 1+4 to great results (7.5 min at 20C)

 

[Michael I.]

thanks everybody for the advice!

 

[Turtle]

and cut the test/dummy rolls in half, so you can make adjustments on the second half. After two development sessions you should be darned close on the important rolls.

I can tell you now tho that Neopan 400 won't make 800, so you can expect a loss of shadows and denser highlights.

I personally find the semi-stand technique works well, depending on subject matter, and really does give more speed. I can get up to about 500/640 real speed out of this fiml but no more. That's with Xtol 1+2.