Fuji Neopan profiles

[Rob McKaughan]

Just installed Silverfast & noticed that there are no negafix profiles for any of the Fuji Neopan films.

1) Are there any available? I don't see any on the web site.

2) I have a bunch of work that needs to be done by Monday morning. Any suggestions as to what I should do in the meantime? (e.g just use tmax & wing it?)

[Peter Calvin]

I don't use any of the Silverfast suppied profiles for any of the films I scan, I build my own with the expert mode in negafix. Just run through the supplied profiles to find the one that is closest to what you want from the Neopan film you are using, and then customize it in the expert mode, saving it under a name of your choice. (for example: Neopan 400 N) The result should be a profile better tuned to your particular scanner, and your exposure and development proceedures. For color films, I shoot test frame with skin tone and gray cards, and I build under, over and normal profiles for each film.

Good luck,