sepiareverb
genius and moron
Well Roger beat me to this (again): Incident metering for slides hands down.
For B&W I'd suggest PanF+ first (from your list), only because Silvermax and the Rollei films are of unclear longevity- Silvermax has sold VERY well, but Mirko at ADOX has a lot on his plate. I have a lot of Silvermax on ice here, as I'm not convinced that there will be a second run anytime soon. Especially given the response to news of Adox 100 coming back in all formats, and the strong desire for an Adox 25 speed film.
For fine tuning B&W development I recommend running a roll where you over and underexpose by 1/2 stop steps from +2 through to -2, using several scenes in various lighting. Run at the recommended time and see what looks best at your final destination (scan or print). Then run some films at that ISO/dev time and see what tweaks you might need to make- shorter or longer development, more or less agitation etc. I have times for all the films I use, arrived at after several tweaks over a few rolls. I no longer need to think about it. Just got Silvermax dialed in this way with both the dedicated developer and with Rodinal with six rolls total- and no real cumbersome note-keeping. The range of exposures are clear to read, the adjustments are simple to see as well. I'd suggest changes of development time by 10% increments.
I've made silver prints of negatives from people who usually scan- the negative that apparently scans well is a nightmare in the darkroom, and vice versa. Getting exposure & development down to where it gets YOU what you want with a minimum of work from exposure to final destination is going to be totally different than what works for me- but some simple experimentation should make it pretty easy.
For B&W I'd suggest PanF+ first (from your list), only because Silvermax and the Rollei films are of unclear longevity- Silvermax has sold VERY well, but Mirko at ADOX has a lot on his plate. I have a lot of Silvermax on ice here, as I'm not convinced that there will be a second run anytime soon. Especially given the response to news of Adox 100 coming back in all formats, and the strong desire for an Adox 25 speed film.
For fine tuning B&W development I recommend running a roll where you over and underexpose by 1/2 stop steps from +2 through to -2, using several scenes in various lighting. Run at the recommended time and see what looks best at your final destination (scan or print). Then run some films at that ISO/dev time and see what tweaks you might need to make- shorter or longer development, more or less agitation etc. I have times for all the films I use, arrived at after several tweaks over a few rolls. I no longer need to think about it. Just got Silvermax dialed in this way with both the dedicated developer and with Rodinal with six rolls total- and no real cumbersome note-keeping. The range of exposures are clear to read, the adjustments are simple to see as well. I'd suggest changes of development time by 10% increments.
I've made silver prints of negatives from people who usually scan- the negative that apparently scans well is a nightmare in the darkroom, and vice versa. Getting exposure & development down to where it gets YOU what you want with a minimum of work from exposure to final destination is going to be totally different than what works for me- but some simple experimentation should make it pretty easy.