[pinhole-discussion] FIlm reciprocity
If you happen to use 120 film in your pinhole, give Fuji Neopan Acros a try. This wonderful film has no reciprocity correction for the firs two minutes, and only one half stop from 2 minutes to 20 minutes. This quality makes it ideal for night and/or pinhole photographs. Last night I made 20 minute pinhole exposures in some of the marinas here. They are terrific. If you live in Japan, or have contacts there, you can obtain Acros in4X5 and 8X10 sizes. Another respondent mentioned shortening development time when using long exposures. The reason fro this is that as film is exposed for extended periods of time allows the highlights to gather immense quantities of light compared to the mid and lower tones. Extreme contrast is the result. Decreasing the development time causes the highlights to develop less in relation to the mid and lower tones thus reducing contrast. JIm
Re: [pinhole-discussion] FIlm reciprocity
From: James Noel Reply-To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Subject: [pinhole-discussion] FIlm reciprocity Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 12:01:53 -0700 If you happen to use 120 film in your pinhole, give Fuji Neopan Acros a try. This wonderful film has no reciprocity correction for the firs two minutes, and only one half stop from 2 minutes to 20 minutes. This quality makes it ideal for night and/or pinhole photographs. Last night I made 20 minute pinhole exposures in some of the marinas here. They are terrific. If you live in Japan, or have contacts there, you can obtain Acros in4X5 and 8X10 sizes. I have been thinking about this since the 4th. It sounds too good to be true. I was hoping that some one else had something to say about this film. My questions. Is it new? Is it readily available in 120? Does it require special developing? Thanks Ballard _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [pinhole-discussion] FIlm reciprocity
A good solution to deal with proper development after a reciprocity-adjusted exposure is to use a compensation developer like Accufine. I expose HP5+ sheeet film and develop close to the indicated times for EI 800 and the results are well detailed, if slightly flat negatives and print on Forte Fortezo #3 paper or something similar. The theory is that compensation developers exhaust themselves in the highlights while continuing to develop up the shadow areas. I use Accufine replenisher to keep the solution active and have been using the same solution for almost a year now - not a bad thing when you have a well and septic system rather than municipal water/waste systems, no spent developer to deal with. TMax R.S. also is good in that regard, if you want the higher contrast negatives that TMY & TMX are prone to give and their lesser reciprocity adjustments. Z _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [pinhole-discussion] FIlm reciprocity Fuji Neopan
Thanks, Will have to try the Neopan Acros. Are those reciprocity times someone posted (lack of reciprocity failure times, that is) real? Seems extraordinary. Been using T-Max 100 exclusively for the past five years after a year or two of Neopan SS exclusively. Maybe it's time to go back to Fuji. Colin > Acros is Fuji's new 100 speed black and white film, > and unfortunately it is not a repackage of SS, just > a new film. I too am a great fan of Fuji's black > and white materials, and work that I have done with > across shows that it is an amazing film - > incidentally, it is a great substitution for tmax > 100 which was just reformulated (again). Not to > quote Darth here, but all you Kodak shooters should > come to the dark side. > Don > Colin Talcroft wrote: Just > wondering, is Fuji Neopan Acros color or black > and white? I was a big fan of Neopan SS when I lived > in Japan, a B&W film, but never came across a film > called Neopan Acros. > > Thanks > Colin __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
Re: [pinhole-discussion] FIlm reciprocity Fuji Neopan
Colin, Acros is Fuji's new 100 speed black and white film, and unfortunately it is not a repackage of SS, just a new film. I too am a great fan of Fuji's black and white materials, and work that I have done with across shows that it is an amazing film - incidentally, it is a great substitution for tmax 100 which was just reformulated (again). Not to quote Darth here, but all you Kodak shooters should come to the dark side. Don Colin Talcroft wrote: Just wondering, is Fuji Neopan Acros color or black and white? I was a big fan of Neopan SS when I lived in Japan, a B&W film, but never came across a film called Neopan Acros. Thanks colin __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ___ Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.???/discussion/ - Do You Yahoo!? Sign-up for Video Highlights of 2002 FIFA World Cup
Re: [pinhole-discussion] FIlm reciprocity Fuji Neopan
Just wondering, is Fuji Neopan Acros color or black and white? I was a big fan of Neopan SS when I lived in Japan, a B&W film, but never came across a film called Neopan Acros. Thanks colin __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
