[Leica] Re:Chromogenic Films.....

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

With today's digital machines and a good printer, C-41 BW films should print 
as BW without any tint. The digital printers make 
setting up BW channels so much easier. Long gone are the days of running 
test after test print.

Kodak has a Portra BW minilab paper that produces nice BW's. Oriental has a 
BW paper that looks even better but it's nearly 
impossible to find in the US. Some labs will convert and older minilab to 
run BW chemicals and print on Ilford paper.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith"
Subject: RE: [Leica] Chromogenic Films.....


> If the person in the minilab just shoots everything through without any
> color correction, then the prints will be sepia, purple, or whatever. If 
> the
> person takes the time to set the machine so that the tint is "neutral", the
> prints will be better. I think Chris W. had told me that there is a kind of
> paper that can be used for those films so that they are black and white, 
> but
> I never expect a Costco, Sam's, Walmart, or Walgreens to have that paper.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA