Neopan 400 @ 800?

[Andrew Sowerby]

I shot a couple of rolls of Neopan 1600 recently and was very pleased with the results. Lots of contrast and fine grain for the speed.

With my QL17 on it's way back from G'man I'm looking forward to trying some Neopan in it but since the Canon only meters for up to 800 ASA I can't use the 1600. Has anyone had experience pushing Neopan 400 one stop? I assume the usual pushing characteristics are true for this film (increased contrast and grain). Thoughts? Experiences?

 

[Honus]

Andrew, you could also pull the 1600 one stop. I would think that Neopan 1600 @ 800 in XTOL would be quite nice.

Robert

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

Well I suppose that I'll try both. Only way to find out, eh?

 

[wintoid]

Based on something I read on the web I tried Neopan 400 @ ISO640 with Acutol. There's one particular guy who seems to rave about this combination everywhere he goes. I decided to try it, and liked the results.

Here's one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wintoid/92210003/

You can inspect different sizes if you want to oogle the grain 😀

 

[rich815]

I agree about shooting the 1600 Neopan at 800. I believe it actually is a 1000 true speed film so at 800, and some development compensation for that, should give you some very nice results. Most people underexpose and overdevelop resulting in a overly contrasy, bullet-proof negs, shooting the Neopan 1600 at 800 and pulling back some on the development time should give a very nice neg, especially for scanning. Just do not add time to the developement just "to be on the safe side" as that will tend to overcook it. I routinely cut my development time by 10-20% from the published times and generally get very nice results.