Butch C-41 processing is similar to processing photo paper in that it can NOT be pulled or pushed.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax discussion group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 1:06 PM Subject: Re: B&W film/developer combinations > > � Mike Johnston � <Mike Johnston> wrote : > > > Without a doubt, the chromogenic films. Ilford XP-2 is the one I've used > > mostly. You can shoot portraits at 200, 100, or even 50 > > The problem is that most of us don't do C41 at home. Should we ask the lab > for a pull-process when rated at iso 50 or should the standard development > be fine with 3 stops overexposure ? > > The latitude of the film allows you to go up to 3 stops overexposed without > compensating on neg development. This works best with digital minilabs that > have a separate B&W print function (Fuji Frontier etc.) I have shot little > of it so I don't know how well a 3 stop overexposed neg would print on > conventional B&W paper. It doesn't do badly on a digital minilab. On a non- > digital minilab the color shifts making it hard to get close to a neutral > B&W. A properly exposed neg looks good on conventional B&W BTW. > > BUTCH > > "Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself" > Hermann Hesse (Demian) > > >
