At 10:45 PM 3/18/2004 +0300, you wrote: >this has probably been discussed to death before, but >what's the reason to use chromogenic bw? if you take a color >negative film, and print on bw paper, wouldn't it give you the >same result? am i missing something very basic here? > >best, >mishka
The masking on color negative film interferes with proper tonal renditions. Kodak makes a B&W paper (Panalure) designed especially to print color negatives. Some conventional papers seem to do a better job with color negs then others. Ilford multi grade IV does well IIRC. Chromegenics have their place. They area good film for portraits as they are somewhat softer then conventional B&W films. Most times you do not want maximum sharpness in a portrait. MY 2 ¢ Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)
