Kelvin,
You might want to try (if available) the new Kodak
Portra 400BW. It's a c41 b&w film designed to be
printed in color paper. It has a different grain
structure from TriX though. Here's the URL:
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/portraBW/main.jhtml;$sessionid$H2I0WRYAAADPDQHIO2SXWIQ
Herbet.
--- Kelvin Ang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I'm very new to b/w photography, and I am captivated
> by how b/w images seem to portray so much more than
> color images. Perhaps the colors in a color photo
> are
> too distracting for me. :) I used to swear by
> Velvia,
> but now I think Tri-X is simply wonderful. I got a
> couple of rolls of Plus-X, hoping to try them out
> soon.
>
> I was thinking in the near future, b/w prints from
> color paper may be just the way to go for novice b/w
> photographers like me. Like you mentioned, real b/w
> may be just too expensive to encourage newbies to
> explore in this area.
>
> Kelvin
>
> --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Depending on where you are, commercial black and
> > white ptinting
> > on real black and white paper my not be available
> at
> > all. In
> > Canada, and probably the US, PolyMax RA is the
> "B&W"
> > paper used
> > in the commercial labs. It is an RA-4 dye image
> > paper of rather
> > poor life expectancy.
> > If you want real black and white, either learn how
> > to do it
> > yourself, or seek out a specialist and be prepared
> > to pay for
> > the service, it won't be cheap.
>
>
>
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