Neopan 400 pulled.

[Mike Kennedy]

I use old cassettes to bulk load my film. Because most of my cameras are full manual it doesn't usually matter what ISO is marked on the container.
Yesterday I grabbed the N60 and a hand full of film. The dang camera rated the Neopan 400 at 200 as printed on the cassette. Should I simply follow "The Massive Development Chart" and soup it in Rodinal? Any suggestions?

Thank You

 

[John Bragg]

Hi Mike,

Depending on your development for this film,you should not notice any loss of detail in the highlights with one stop over the "NORMAL" EI. Films such as this have generous latitude to over exposure and may actually look better !
If the images are of an unrepeatable nature and you dont want to lose them, shoot another roll at EI 200 and use this as a test before commiting your valuable shots to dev. Try developing the dummy roll at your normal time, and see. If the resulting negs look too dense then back off dev time for the important shots, (say-20%).

Regards, John.

 

[fschifano]

One stop of over exposure is not a big deal with most B&W print films. I have some limited experience with Neopan 400, and it behaves pretty much like Tri-X to me. It's a robust film with good latitude and a nice tonal range. You could try cutting back on development a little bit, but that would lower the negatives' contrast a bit. If you're using a condenser type light source on your enlarger, or if you are planning to scan the negatives, that could work out to your advantage. If you are using an enlarger with a diffusion type light source like a color, variable contrast, or cold light head then you might want to go with full development. A bit of extra contrast with these light sources can be an advantage.

 

[Soeren]

Neopan 400 is my std B&W film and I soup it in Rodinal. Since Im sans Darkroom now its been a while since I last printed but +1 stop doesn't hurt at all.
My method
Rodinal 1/50 @ 20c
Agitation 60sec cont. thereafter 10sec every 3min
total 12min
negs looks great.
Wish I had my DR up and running
Cheers
Søren

 

[Mick Fagan]

I have used NP400 35mm for my last 100 odd rolls of film.

I use a colour enlarger and find my best negs in my system are made when the film is exposed at 320 ASA developed in D76 1+1 @ 20C for 10'45".

In June this year, I exposed at 200 ASA and developed in D76 1+1 @ 20C for 9'30" for more than acceptable results, according to my processing notes.

I think John's suggestion of duplicating your exposure scenario and developing, is the way to go though.

Mick.