first roll of Kodak BW400CN

[Katastrofo]

Using the Konica T4/UC Hexanon 4/80-200 zoom lens:

[Nesster]

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

[Katastrofo]

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

[voytek]

Katastrofo, please don't. All pictures are beautiful, for me special flowers and the last one

[LucisPictor]

Ahhh... my fav film! Great results, Bill!

[Nesster]

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.

[Katastrofo]

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

[hexi]

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

[LucisPictor]

Depending on the processing and scannig the film can render greenish or brownish tone.

[karabud]

Great shots!, for me especialy flower

[Katastrofo]

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".

[Nesster]

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.

[trifox]

I can imagine a title for book:

KATASTROPHO - How to use film roll

tf

[Katastrofo]

Aw gee, TF, PLEASE! 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.

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

[Katastrofo]

[tobbsman]

- 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

[Katastrofo]

Thanks, Tobias, appreciate your comments.

Bill

[Farside]

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.

[Katastrofo]