Neofin Blue

[Tony Warren]

I recently ran out of Rodinal and couldn't find a replacement suplyuntil recently. In the meantime I have been trying Neofin Blue as a stop gap. It turns out to be quite a developer if not as flexible and economic as Rodinal.
It is quite low contrast and fine grained which allows some pretty heavy adjustments to sharpening and contrast in post. The first two shots are an example.
The second is on my Retina IIc but undertexposed slightly by mistake. It has highlighted the faces though.
The rest are all on the Kalloflex, full frame or cropped.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

I was in the process of shooting a set of similar shots using the Voigtländer VITO CLR and the Retinette 1B when the Kodak stopped winding and upon extracting the roll I exposed it all. Now I need to pick up another roll of FP4+ to continue with my task.

I was pretty pleased by how nicely the HP5+ scans that I got back from the lab that were shot with the Rollei responded to minor tweaks to adjust the contrast.

Of your 2 and 3 above I naturally prefer the tweaked versions on the right. I like the tonal range in 6.

I have just never gotten around to Rodinal.

 

[Pete Askew]

My preference matches, Gary’s and what an interesting, if unintended, experiment.