fuji neopan ss iso 100

[wayne rollinson]

hi i am new to photoghraphy and have just baught 100ft of fuji neopan ss and i have just loaded it up into a bulk loader and done my first cassette my question is how long do i develope it for as the box is in japanees this will also be the first time i have developed .im using ilford id11 at 1+1 thanks wayne

 

[gnashings]

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Good luck, and be sure to share the results you get, I am sure we would love to see them.

Peter.

 

[Gerald Koch]

The Massive Development Chart lists 8.25 min @20C for D-76 1+1. Should be the same for ID-11.

 

[wayne rollinson]

thanks thats mint, i will post picks as soon as i develope my first film just to get comments on what ive done

 

[Donald Qualls]

FWIW, I've shot a few rolls of Neopan SS (35 mm) recenty, processed in HC-110 1+79, 13 minutes with agitation every 3rd minute. I wasn't terribly impressed with it; the grain was comparable to what I get with Tri-X in the same format, using film that expired 5 years ago and spent part of a summer in my van. Fomapan 100, aka Arista .EDU Ultra 100, is much finer, and sharper, in you choice of HC-110, Rodinal, or Diafine.

OTOH, since you're going to be shooting 18 or so rolls of the Neopan SS, I'd suggest sticking with high solvency developers like D-76/ID-11 stock solution, HC-110 Dilution B, etc.; these will tend to soften the grain and make the film look less gritty. Whatever you do, do *not* develop Neopan SS in Rodinal; even if you like grain, the grain from this combination is just ugly...

 

[wayne rollinson]

thanks for your help i baught the ss because it said it was fine grain but i should maybee have asked first as im a total novice ,whats the acros like for grain or is there a better film available all help is greatly needed

 

[srs5694]

FWIW, I've shot two rolls of Neopan 100 SS. The first I developed in D-76 1+1, and its grain seems reasonable. Its grain is less mushy than the grain of Fomapan 100 in D-76, but overall graininess seems similar, and similar to the grain of Fomapan 100 in DS-12 2+1.

I developed my second roll of Neopan 100 in Rodinal 1+50 for 15:00 (the Massive Dev Chart listed the time as "14:00-16:00," so I tried the middle value). Unfortunately, this was way off; the negatives are far too dense, and graininess is through the roof -- comparable to Efke KB100 in D-76.

I might try more Neopan 100 SS in the future, but for the moment I've got a few rolls of APX 100 and lots more of T-Max 100, so I don't plan to buy more ISO 100 B&W film for a while.

 

[srs5694]

thanks for your help i baught the ss because it said it was fine grain but i should maybee have asked first as im a total novice ,whats the acros like for grain or is there a better film available all help is greatly needed

Since you've already got the bulk roll of Neopan 100 SS, I'd say to at least try it in a fine-grain developer. XTOL might do it justice, but that's just a guess. As I said in my earlier post, the Neopan 100 SS grain in D-76 (more-or-less identical to your ID-11) is typical of conventional B&W films. There's also something to be said for getting comfortable with a single film and developer when you start out, even if you ultimately switch to another combination later.

If you're looking for a film with fine grain above all else, the best I've used in that respect are Kodak T-Max 100, Ilford Pan F+ 50, and Efke KB25. (My hunch is that Ilford Delta 100 and Fuji Acros would fit in the same group, but I've never used them.) These are very different films from one another, though, and you might well like them to different degrees. T-grain films (Kodak's T-Max and Ilford's Delta lines; I think Fuji's Acros is also a T-grain film, but I'm not positive of that) are particularly controversial. Some people like T-grain films, others detest them.