C41 B&W films printed on colour papers?

Hi,

 

According to the Fujifilm Neopan 400CN Professional Product

Information Bulletin, we can read the following recommendation: When

printing on colour papers in systems such as the Fujifilm Frontier,

we recommend that the configuration be set to Colour Negative input

mode and Monochrome output mode.

 

So, I ask: if the purpose is to print B&W images on colour papers,

is there any difference between printing a C41 B&W negative film or

a regular colour negative film (using the colour negative input mode

and monochrome output mode in both circumstances)?

 

Do the C41 B&W films perform better?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Best regards,

 

Nuno Campos

In my experience, the C-41 B&W films tend to be finer grained and have better tonality than an ISO 400 Colour film. So, yes tehre is a difference. Also you can predict the results better with the Chromagenic B&W films than with colour printed B&W.

I've been burning quite a bit of Neopan 400CN lately. It prints up on color paper quite well. Much better than converting color negative to B/W. I overexpose my Neopan 400CN, by 1/3 a stop (rate it @ 320), and get great results.

 

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