On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Don Sanderson wrote: > To those BW purists out there, the PX, TX, TM folks: > (You KNOW who you are!) ;-)
You weren't thinking of me, were you? :-) > Is the C41 BW film even worth a try? > I understand a mini lab will probably give me off color prints. > How does it behave when printing yourself, or at a good lab? > Is the tonality and sharpness any good? > Any special tricks? (Over/Under expose, filters, etc.) I have never used chromogenic. I have seen it and prints change colour noticeably under different light. I thought it was Khaki and White instead of B&W. You also cannot push to get grain (I only shoot 4-5 rolls a year, but it's usually TX @ 800). On a tangent: I have found a lab that still run an optical machine and I ask them to do my B&W there. The digital machine has nice (to me) contrast but sharpens the grain. Nasty. They don't do matt, but hey-ho. YMMV, Kostas
