W/NW: RF's and C-41 B&W Film

[r s]

I happened to pick up and use Kodak's BW400CN film (C-41) for what I think was

the first time for me this past weekend.<br>

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Ran it through my Olympus 35SPn rangefinder camera and I ended up being pretty

impressed by the film and how well it seems to scan.

<br>Would love to see other's results with this film - and other B&W C-41 films.

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More photos and ramblings about my thoughts about this film here: <a

href="http://silfver.blogspot.com/">Batteries Not Included</a href>

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Olympus 35SPn, Kodak BW400CN

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Olympus 35SPn, Kodak BW400CN

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<br>Olympus 35SPn, Kodak BW400CN. Photo courtesy <a

href="http://flickr.com/photos/soloriver/">Melanie</a href>

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[r s]

Photo of the camera used (for anyone wondering): <a href=" 35SPn</a href> on Melanie's <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/soloriver/">site</a href> that also has a bunch of rangefinder photos.

[ronald_moravec1]

Beautiful as usual Rich. I got my M3 out last week and am going to give it a try again. My glasses did not get alone with it, but my eyes have seen such vast improvement, I can use it like it was supposed to be used.

 

Did you put the slightly warm tint in the scans on purpose? I like it. Kodak used to make a catagory of paper called warm black. These remind me of it. There were also pure black and warm. Wish I could still get it.

[ed_schwartzreich]

Here is one I took two days ago at a fair in Vermont, T400CN. Shot with a Nikkon S3, 50/1.4 Nikkor.

[jkelly04]

This was shot with Ilford XP2 Super 400 ASA (C-41), M3 and 9cm/f4 Elmar. <br> <br>

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[r s]

<i>Did you put the slightly warm tint in the scans on purpose? I like it. </i>

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Thanks and yes, it's a duotone I mixed up in photoshop.

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<b>Ed,</b> was that your own old stock of T400CN or is it still available to buy (I thought it was discontinued in 2004)?

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<b>Jack,</b> I was hoping someone would post something with XP2 - have you used 400CN as well and if so how do you think they compare?

[jkelly04]

Rich, I've come to prefer Ilford but I've used the Kodak product as well. Here's one taken recently with Kodak film and a IIIa/Summar kit. <br> BTW, Rich, I love your website and especially your portraits of Melanie. You're my kinda photographer. <br> <br>

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[ed_schwartzreich]

Answer is old stock. I had some left in the freezer. I'm mostly shoot pixels these days, but get this urge now and then . . .

 

Ed