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Summary: Photocreativity for the newly initiated
Review: A terrific black and white film, especially for beginners and amatures, to experiment with a new medium in photography
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Summary: Not quite the same
Review: Although this film is more convenient to develop, I was disappointed with the results. There seemed to be a slight red hue to the prints. Not much contrast, either, though that could have been my fault.
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Summary: Fun as a toy.....
Review: I bought this film because I ran out of Tri-X in the middle of a trip and it was all I could find in B&W. On the plus side, it can be processed by your neighborhood 1-hour shop and it has pretty fine grain for 400 speed film. It also seems fairly forgiving of incorrect exposure. I have two problems with it: -firstly, it's just as expensive as Kodak's T-MAX 400CN film, a higher quality chromogenic (i.e. color-process) B&W film. -secondly, if you do any of your own processing and/or printing, this stuff is just as tricky and temperature-sensitive as color film, and the slightly reddish base color of the film wreaks havoc with contrast, especially if you use multi-contrast paper.
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Summary: Fun as a toy.....
Review: I bought this film because I ran out of Tri-X in the middle of a trip and it was all I could find in B&W. On the plus side, it can be processed by your neighborhood 1-hour shop and it has pretty fine grain for 400 speed film. It also seems fairly forgiving of incorrect exposure. I have two problems with it: -firstly, it's just as expensive as Kodak's T-MAX 400CN film, a higher quality chromogenic (i.e. color-process) B&W film. -secondly, if you do any of your own processing and/or printing, this stuff is just as tricky and temperature-sensitive as color film, and the slightly reddish base color of the film wreaks havoc with contrast, especially if you use multi-contrast paper.
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Summary: Fun as a toy.....
Review: I bought this film because I ran out of Tri-X in the middle of a trip and it was all I could find in B&W. On the plus side, it can be processed by your neighborhood 1-hour shop and it has pretty fine grain for 400 speed film. It also seems fairly forgiving of incorrect exposure. I have two problems with it: -firstly, it's just as expensive as Kodak's T-MAX 400CN film, a higher quality chromogenic (i.e. color-process) B&W film. -secondly, if you do any of your own processing and/or printing, this stuff is just as tricky and temperature-sensitive as color film, and the slightly reddish base color of the film wreaks havoc with contrast, especially if you use multi-contrast paper.
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Summary: A good film to get into B&W
Review: I think the best use of this film is to get aquainted with the wonderful world of black and white. It's biggest feature, from the perspective of an beginner, is that you can drop it off at any old lab and they will do a good job processing it. Very few labs do an acceptable job with traditional (non-C-41 process) black and white film, but they are all set up for C-41.For the person who does there own processing, this film has a few limitations. Being C-41, it is more difficult to process for the home darkroom, and you don't have the same level of contrast control as you have with "regular" Black and White films. Still, it is really fine grained. Overall, this film is pretty low contrast, and thus records a good tonal range. It scratches very easily though, so be careful with your negatives.
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Summary: A good film to get into B&W
Review: I think the best use of this film is to get aquainted with the wonderful world of black and white. It's biggest feature, from the perspective of an beginner, is that you can drop it off at any old lab and they will do a good job processing it. Very few labs do an acceptable job with traditional (non-C-41 process) black and white film, but they are all set up for C-41. For the person who does there own processing, this film has a few limitations. Being C-41, it is more difficult to process for the home darkroom, and you don't have the same level of contrast control as you have with "regular" Black and White films. Still, it is really fine grained. Overall, this film is pretty low contrast, and thus records a good tonal range. It scratches very easily though, so be careful with your negatives.
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Summary: try this film
Review: I use this film often for ease of processing and for convenience when purchasing B/W film. B/W film can be hard to find in a pinch. At least these are the two reasons that led me to try out this film. I love this film! I find it to have great contrast in most lighting situations without burning out the highlights or producing inpenetrable shadows. My photo lab developes the film C41 process (the same as color film), but I ask them to print it on B/W paper. The results are great! Printed on the regular color paper the lab uses does produce a "cast". Greenish, brownish, reddish, seems to depend on the lab (and the day!). You might not mind this. Try a roll and if you can get it printed on B/W paper, I bet you will be very pleased with the results. If your lab can't print on B/W paper, use the 4x6 prints as proofs. If you have a picture you really like, they can probably send it out for you to a lab that can make you a print on B/W paper.
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Summary: Easy to develop, but slight color skewing
Review: Pros: Some photo developers do NOT develop B&W film, but since this is special B&W film (originating from color) you can have it developed anywhere. Cons: For the amateur this is great film, but you might notice a slight color distortion where there is a red hue. Otherwise, it's a good find.
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Summary: what's the point?
Review: While it may be easier to process, there's no advantage to "black and white" film that's made on color negatives. A true black and white photograph will last forever, while a color fades in but a generation or so. It is definitely worththe extra processing fee to use black and white, for memories taht will last a lifetime. also, I do believe a fellow reviewer was right that this film adds a light red-orangeish tint to the pictures.
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