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You&#039;re a bit too late for bulk Neopan 1600.&nbsp; That&#039;s called &quot;Super Presto&quot;.&nbsp; I&#039;m shooting mine at EI640, for max shadow detail.&nbsp; I hear it&#039;s great for long-tonal range stuff, with the Diafine.&nbsp; A range of eight or nine stops in full fun.&nbsp; Without looking &quot;flat&quot;. <br /><br />I loaded up on bulk Super Presto last Spring with Dirk. Iended up buing eight 100&#039; rolls, altogether.&nbsp; He was great, cleaned out all the local sources he had for it, -scrounging hard- for those &quot;last&quot; rolls.&nbsp; But no-problemo with 36exp cassettes.&nbsp; Fuji is keeping that.&nbsp; Grrr!

In talking with somebody 'in the know' recently, they stated that Kodak is even looking very hard at Diafine as a recommended general purpose developer for many of their films. A real shock.

rogerchristian wrote:

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In talking with somebody 'in the know' recently, they stated that Kodak is even looking very hard at Diafine as a recommended general purpose developer for many of their films. A real shock.

I'm not surprised. Kodak is probably looking at ways of phasing out its general purpose developers (like HC-110). Diafine is a solid choice for films like Tri-X.