need film sugg - 35mm, bw,400+iso, low grain

[babette_ross]

Hi,

 

Im about to become an aunt to twins -- i'm looking for suggestions in

35 mm b/w film, at least 400 speed, and low grain as i will be

scanning. Thanks!

[EricM]

T400CN by Kodak

[the_macman]

For fine grain, anything will do provided that you soup it the right way... as well as

chromogenics. Fine grain has nothing to do with the fact that you scan it, it all depends

upon how you scan it and what you plan to do with the resulting file.

[scott_eaton]

Any 400 speed C-41 film will do fine, including the B/W chromogenics like T400CN, XP2, etc.

[tim_mcpain]

Another option<br>

You are going to scan them, so you can use color negs and convert some to B&W, and keep some in Color.<br>

Now you have both color and B&W from one neg<br>

[steve_levine]

Shoot NPH or Portra 400 NC color neg,and print it B&W.I have seen some color negs printed gray after scans,that look great.If you can, have these printed on a Frontier or Noritsu digital machine.

[josphy]

I second the suggestion for the Kodak 400 TCN. I'm not sure if that exists any more -- or maybe it exists . In lieu of that, you should try a roll of the "Kodak B&W" (or whatever it's called) that they sell in any Wal-Mart or drug store. It's a C-41 (color) process film, but will give monochrome negs and prints. I have found both 400TCN and Kodak B&W to be insanely fine grained. You might have been looking more for a "traditional" black and white film, but these chromogenic films cannot be matched for grain at that speed, AND they will scan beautifully (versus traditional b&w which is more finicky to scan).

[silent1]

Let me be the maverick here -- if you can develop for yourself, try Plus-X in Diafine. Much less grain than an ISO 400 film in conventional developers, and EI 400 without a bunch of fuss or a "pushed" look. For that matter, if you can accept a little grain (not too bad) consider Tri-X in Diafine at EI 1600.

[bjmarkowitz]

stay away from Kodak's consumer B&W c41 film. I absolutly hate it. Thats my opinion, but I do hate it.

[babette_ross]

Thanks for your help!

[hugh_t]

Kodak Portra 400 BW, its all you need to know, much better than kodak 400 tcn.