Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/21

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Subject: Re: film not dead in 20 years....
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 20:57:09 +0100 (BST)

At 09:53 21/06/97 EDT, you wrote:

>Speaking about film, have any of you tried the new Kodak Chromegenic B&W >C41
>film?  I have been experimenting with it and it's quite incredible for
>quality.
>And just like shooting colour neg film you whip it into the lab, they soup >and
>give you B&W contacts that are B&W! And not a sick looking sepia.
<snip>
>This film is wild, as you can be shooting outside at ASA 100 and then go
>inside
>reset the meter to 800 and continue shooting exposures on the same roll
>and the
>negs are capturing the light and producing beautiful negatives.

This film sounds very much like Ilford XP-2. Is there any important
difference between the two?

Joe Berenbaum