Digital BW, The Print

Anyone tried this?

Quote from Speedibrews site

Technical Pan film is in a class of its own with resolution streets 
ahead of CCD/Digital. The snag is the harsh contrast (necessary for 
astronomy purposes) which makes Tech Pan a right pig to work as a 
pictorial film. Many low contrast developers have been tried over the 
years but Speedibrews now has the answer for workers preferring to 
scan film negatives and work on prints via a digital option.

CELER MONO tames Tech Pan, yielding a clean negative absolutely 
tailor-made for digital scanning. The negatives contain an amazing 
tonal range, almost impossible to duplicate by conventional 
developers, whilst offering a true 2-stops speed increase to a nice 
and familiar 100 ISO film rating. The resolution even out-performs 
most camera lenses.

Because Tech Pan is a specialist film, the extended red sensitivity 
is really effective under artificial lighting. CELER MONO is a 
universal developer, working with all films, including the 'So-
called' "Chromogenics", all of which can be printed conventionally, 
or digitally scanned.

Most films are developed in 10 to 12 minutes at the standard 20 
degrees Celsius. The modern trend to higher temperatures is also 
recommended and times for 24 degrees Celsius are given in the 
comprehensive instructions.

Unquote

Seems like a good product but has anyone used it?

Gareth
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dirkhobman" 
<dhobman@h...> wrote:
> I have had mixed results with TechPan and personally preferred the 
> old Agfa APX 25. I found it had much smoother tonality with 
excellent 
> grain characteristics. I still have some rolls of it, but in the 
> meantime have found Efke R25 to be a fine alternative. I also tried 
> Acros 100, and, like Paul, had unrealistic expectations (though its 
> reciprocity characteristics make it outstanding for low 
> light/nighttime photography). Efke R25 can be hard to find, but if 
> you'd like to try it, you can buy it at the following site:
> 
> www.jandcphoto.com
> 
> Also, though I haven't tried it, Maco also produces an ISO 25 fine 
> grain film that is panchromatic. You can find it for sale at:
> 
> www.freestylephoto.biz
> 
> Happy shooting!
> 
> Dirk Hobman
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
> <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > Don,
> > 
> > I agree, Fuji makes great films.  I think their color technology 
> has the
> > best grain.  So, with luck this new c-41 film will be an 
excellent 
> addition
> > to our quiver.  My only disappointment with Acros 100 was that I 
> wanted more
> > than just another excellent 100 ISO film.  My expectations were 
> unrealistic.
> > Tech Pan still has a noticeable edge in image quality.
> > 
> > Paul
> > http://www.PaulRoark.com
> > ___________________________________
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D. Hill [mailto:hill14701@y...]
> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 7:44 AM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: TechXactol
> > 
> > 
> > Having been a loyal fan of Fuji films for the last 12
> > years or so - I thought they had reached an excellent
> > film with acros.
> > 
> > Leafing through a magazine yesterday (Black and White)
> > I noticed that Neopan C41 will soon be released.  I
> > imagine it is modeled after xp-2 - but very exciting
> > news none the less.  As this was a European magazine,
> > one can only hold their breath as to wonder if it will
> > actually be released in the states.
> > 
> > Don
> > 
> > --- Paul Roark <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > > >>  So I'm going to see how Neopan 100 works.  It
> > > >> claims to have the finest grain of any 100 speed
> > > film.  We'll see.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'm under-whelmed by my first Neopan test.  It's
> > > just another Tmax 100, as
> > > far as I can tell.  Not in the same league with Tech
> > > Pan.
> > >
> > 
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