B+W film

trev · Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 398 Location: North Wales - UK

In your humble opinion folks, which is the better B+W c41 process film? Due to ill health I cannot use chemicals so have to rely on the local minilab to process film.
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Orio · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 29953 Location: West Emilia

I don't know of many of them, only of Ilford's and Kodak's, possibly Kodak discontinued it (?). I don't know if Fuji makes one.
From my experience in the past (it's a long time since I used them), they deliver similar result. None of them was particularly notable
on contrast when I used them, you can make up for that when scanning.
If you use Photoshop, my suggestion is to stick with colour film and do the conversion digitally. You get much more flexibility that way.
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trev · Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 398 Location: North Wales - UK

Thanks, already use that method but was just considering a c41 B+W film. Guess I'll save my money & stick with colour print film.
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skida · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:40 pm Post subject:

Kodak BW400CN is still generally available and I found the results to be very good with decent contrast and low grain. Ilford XP2 is also easy to find, but I haven't used that one myself. Fuji Neopan 400CN is also C41.

berraneck · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:20 pm Post subject:

I think the answer is simple - Ilford XP2
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XP-2, it's on sale at Boots at 3 for the price of 2 which is cheaper than 7Dayshop and most internet sites.
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Koda BW400CN gets a lot better when you overxpose it a little bye the way. It's more ISO250 or ISO300 in my opinion.
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