The Sad Demise of Fuji’s NeoPan 400 B&W Film
I was sad to see the demise of Fuji’s NeoPan 400 B&W film stock recently.
All of my underwater work was shot using NeoPan 400, in a Subal housed Nikon F90x and Nikkor 16mm ƒ2.8 lens, and for those who are wondering.. I rated the stock at 1600asa, and later colour graded the work on system.
For me the whole experience of diving, of being underwater was one of being carried through a surreal, eerie and misty landscape, and so this approach allowed me to shoot using purely natural light, and at depth.
Thanks to dive buddies Caroline Haycock and Kim Linford, DIVE magazine, Seven Tenths Dive Wear and A.P. Diving.
Locations below include the Red Sea, Bermuda, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. More of my underwater work examples can be found here.
End of day safety stop, Little Cayman.
Wreck of the SS Thistlegorm, near Res Muhammad, Red Sea
Safety Stop, Cayman Brac
Wreck of the Caraquet, Bermuda
The drop off at Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman
Wreck of the Russian Frigate 356, Cayman Brac
6000 feet drop off at Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman
Stunning visibility near Bloody Bay Wall, Little Cayman
Shoal of Bat Fish, Red Sea
The huge fluted anchor from the wreck of L'Herminie, Bermuda
Live abroad captain and ex US Navy Seal Captain Tom Talmadge, diving for Lobster, Little Cayman
Cement bags litter the wreck of the Constellation, the inspiration for Peter Benchley's film The Deep, Bermuda