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KeithM
2nd February 2011, 08:28 PM
Hopefully my new (!) Leica M2 and Weston Master V will arrive tomorrow (Thurs) and I will be obviously wanting to put a film through it to check out shutter speeds etc. However beyond that, my aim is to use it for 'street' and scan in the results for processing in LR3 & CS4.

Are there any pointers as to the optimum film and dev combination to give the best neg density etc for scanning? Looking in my negative folder, I see that the last time I processed b&w was FP4 in Aculux in 1989! Therefore recommendations for modern combinations of 35mm b&w film/dev are welcomed - and given the time of year, for an ISO 400 film ?

cliveh
2nd February 2011, 09:25 PM
A good negative is a good negative, regardless of how you wish to make it positive. My own personal preference is FP4, whatever time of year, developed in D76 at 1:1 for 12.5 minutes (dependent on on water pH).

topoxforddoc
2nd February 2011, 09:55 PM
HP5 and Fuji Neopan 400 (also known as Legacy Pro 400) in XTOL 1:1 are my favourites. Not a great fan of Tri-X myself, but I know many will disagree with me.

Charlie
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kev curry
2nd February 2011, 10:05 PM
Asking about scanning here! Start running...fast;-)

Dave miller
3rd February 2011, 08:12 AM
Asking about scanning here! Start running...fast;-)

Quite, ;)