For B&W go with Technical Pan and develop with either Technidol liquid i.e. low contrast or D-19 and vary development time to obtain the desired contrats. For Color Ektar 100 for color negs and I like Astia for the overall natural look if you like punchier go with Velvia. In the end drum scan it or all you upstream efforts will be compromised to some degree.

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For B&W go with Technical Pan and develop with either Technidol liquid i.e. low contrast or D-19 and vary development time to obtain the desired contrats. For Color Ektar 100 for color negs and I like Astia for the overall natural look if you like punchier go with Velvia. In the end drum scan it or all you upstream efforts will be compromised to some degree.

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Only problem is Tech Pan is no longer made and there are better films to replace it know.

Don

I would like to use Rollei ATP or Adox CMS and have been looking for a developer for them. Last week I emailed Photographer's Formulary to see if they had any information about using their TD-3 developer (it was designed for TP) with either of these two films. They replied that they had no information as to this combination.

Years ago I used TD-3 with TP with very good results. Before buying the TD-3, I thought I would ask if any one has tried it and what they thought.

Anyone remember using C41 developer with TP? Worked pretty well.

First post as I just found you. Thanks in advance.

Alan

..as maybe some have mentioned, the best detail will be obtained by the processing of the film 90% of the time.

regards.




I have recently become a bit obsessed with turning out the sharpest most detailed images and I would like to get peoples views about film use, specifically B&W.

For this work I will be shooting with an XPan and usually a 45mm lens but sometimes a 90mm. Typically the camera is tripod mounted and the subject matter is landscapes, often of mountains or rock formations with lots of detail. I don't do my own developing but use a lab that takes reasonable care. I then scan the images using a Minolta 5400 before output.

What I am looking for are recommendations of readily available (and resonably priced) films that exhibit very fine grain structure and exceptional sharpness for use in my Landscape work. I have been shooting with Ilford Delta 100 and whilst I like it, I am sure there is better given my requirements and workflow.

Many thanks