Sid Barras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I have no immediate options for poster sized true black and white, > I may have to go this route in the short term. Comments are welcome and > appreciated. and Rory Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are 3 of these B&W/C41 films (Iford,Kodak, & Konica), any thoughts on > the respective merits? Hi Sid, Rory and all, I've shot hundreds of rolls of Kodak T-400cn in the past years, mostly with the K-1000 and the Yashica T-5 I carry with me all the time. It is a great film even if you plan to do enlargements on B&W paper. I've made some wonderful 50x70cm prints on ilford Multigrade paper with it. My january PUG submission suggests how the 400cn behaves. It has a huge exposure latitude and it lacks something in the shadows only when underexposed more than one stop (not too bad, anyway). Sometimes I feel the "grainlessness" of the 400cn a little upsetting, because it allows a strange look, too "clean", to some pictures (when I feel that I switch to a more traditional B&W film...:); I think that lack of grain can be useful for some works, though. Before the availability of the T-400cn I used a lot the Ilford XP2. It shows the same behaviour of the 400cn but I've had bad experiences trying to print some slightly overexposed negatives (it showed a strange veil, if I remember well, and the highlights were so dense I had to wait sevral minutes for the print to be done), although the XP2 is one of the sharpest films I've ever used. I've never used Konica films. Hope this helps. Gianfranco ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
