Klaus Elmquist Nielsen wrote:
Hi all,
I plan to try the Kodak Technical Pan film soon with my OM gear.
For TOPE 13, of cause. :-)
I have read that it is a bit picky with exposure. Any hints here, both
on exposure and more generally on this film? It is more picky than EIR?
It is quite different from most B&W films. By nature it is very
high contrast, and if you want to get low- to average-contrast
results you'll need to be use low-contrast developers and be
careful with the agitation or else you'll get turbulent areas
where the contrast goes up.
Personally, though, I *like* it as a high-contrast film. Exposed
at EI 400 and developed in T-MAX developer, it is even pickier
about exposure, because of the higher contrast and steeper curve,
but it is still very sharp and fine-grained. See e.g.
http://www.phred.org/~josh/photo/CandyCane.jpg or
http://www.phred.org/~josh/photo/20011227.jpg
I plan to let a lab develop the film for me, as I don't have a darkroom. :)
No need for a darkroom, spool it up in a changing bag and develop
it in the kitchen.
It's been nearly two years since I had a darkroom available, a
drought that's finally breaking now that I'm the photo instructor
at a local public school. (I went in asking if they could use
some darkroom equipment, they said they'd love to have it if I
could teach the kids to use it.)
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