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Development Chart 1 - Kodak Technical Pan

from Ed Buffaloe (edb@unblinkingeye.com)
Okay, I'm satisfied that there will be enough support for this project to make a start. I would like to begin with slow films and proceed one at a time. I'll make a new post asking for data on another film about once per week, but I'll continue accepting new data on any film indefinitely.

Kodak Tech Pan - I hate this film. I've taken some absolutely perfect photographs with it, but I've lost far too many great shots because of its finicky contrast characteristics. Nevertheless, it is a film we are always getting requests for information on and it is capable of unbelievable resolution. I swear that Tech Pan negatives I shot with a Pentax H2 and a 1957 f/2 Takumar are easily as sharp (if not more) as anything I've taken with my Mamiya 7 on Ilford Pan F+.

So send me your Exposure Index, development recommendations, agitation recommendations, wry comments, etc. Don't forget to include developer temperature and dilution. Remember, we don't want the stuff you can easily get from Kodak's data sheet, like the standard time in Kodak Technidol, but YOUR unique tips and tricks for this film. (See http://unblinkingeye.com/Articles/D3200/d3200.html for an example of how the data will be presented.)

You can post responses here if you wish, or send information directly to me at edb@unblinkingeye.com. I'll make a special e-mail folder for this data so I can track it easily. Once I get three or four responses, I'll make a web page and publish it on Unblinking Eye. Then I can update it as necessary when more information is received.

(posted 8591 days ago)

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