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PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:12 pm    Post subject: first roll of Kodak BW400CN Reply with quote
Using the Konica T4/UC Hexanon 4/80-200 zoom lens:









PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice shooting. The first time I tried BW400CN, on flowers, I got strange results and stayed away from the film for a while. Your shots show the strengths of the film, but that flower's surreal Wink


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, Nesster, I've seen very few flower shots in BW that I like, this was
my first attempt. I like this film, and having CVS do the developing/scans
was a definite plus. Here's one more I liked from the roll:


sorry, small file, can delete if someone objects


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Katastrofo, please don't. All pictures are beautiful, for me special flowers and the last one Smile


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ahhh... my fav film! Great results, Bill!


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wink I didn't mean surreal-bad, just surreal-spectacular. There's something going on with the BW400CN color response, maybe. I find sometimes greens come out lighter than I'd expect, given experience with other B&W film.


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, guys, I plan on using this film a lot more! I didn't like the busy BG
in the first, the tones in the 2nd, 3rd was OK, but like the last the best for
exposure/tones.

Thanks again.

Bill


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent shots, but curiously ( or its the monitor ) none pic has thesame tone rendition.... :s . anyway the details in the flower one are quite amazing, looks almost like a drawing.

this is one of the films to de c41 processed right ? never tried b&w developed this way, do you preceed thesame way as for color ? i mean time thanx


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Depending on the processing and scannig the film can render greenish or brownish tone.


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great shots!, for me especialy flower


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks again for the comments, don't know why there is disparity in
tonal variations, I processed the scans the same way each time.
Most of the shots had no change when I tried using "curves".


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If I don't like the tone, I simply desaturate after the scan. This sometimes happens, for no apparent reason, with regular B&W film as well.

One could scan in greyscale of course, but that's a bit of a pain. I'd rather see what the scanner turns up, and if I don't like it, I can always apply my own tone curve later.


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can imagine a title for book:

KATASTROPHO - How to use film roll Smile

tf


PostPosted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Aw gee, TF, PLEASE! Embarassed Embarassed Laughing There's a bunch here that kick
my *ss on a daily basis in film, but thanks for the comment. Your Hassie
shots come to mind as well. Wink

Maybe "How to Eat a Lobster Roll" I miss those since moving from Maine. Laughing


PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nesster wrote:
If I don't like the tone, I simply desaturate after the scan. This sometimes happens, for no apparent reason, with regular B&W film as well.

One could scan in greyscale of course, but that's a bit of a pain. I'd rather see what the scanner turns up, and if I don't like it, I can always apply my own tone curve later.


Hummm, good gouge, Nesster, thanks!


PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
- Agree, very surreal this plants shot. It seems that the flower is 100years old. The freshness is gone, only the shape is left... pretty cool how this change is interpreted by our minds.

- best shot for me is the one with the chairs
like the sharp contrast; those blacks which are only black and no texture recognizeable. So it becomes more like a abstract.

Cheers
Tobias


PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, Tobias, appreciate your comments.

Bill


PostPosted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The bridge shot is my fave, but the others kick ass too. Seems there's a v. slight greeny cast on the first two, but that might be this monitor.


PostPosted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Farside wrote:
The bridge shot is my fave, but the others kick ass too. Seems there's a v. slight greeny cast on the first two, but that might be this monitor.


Dave, don't think anything is wrong with your monitor. The first two look
greenish, the bridge is leaning towards brown, flower, hummm, maybe
towards green a little, and the chairs seem dead on neutral-tinted. At least
that's what I'm seeing on my monitor. Have two more rolls to shoot up,
(Wallies sells these in a 3-pack) and will be getting a couple more 3-packs.

Thanks for your comments.
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