Re: [Leica] Advice on Kodak T400CN

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

David-
The film does not have the three color layers. T400CN and the newer B&W Plus
develop a dye image, that has no silver- the C-41 process removes ALL silver
from the film! The image, when printed on color paper looks like a B&W
image, unless the sloppes of the three paper color layrers are not exactly
balanced, then the paper looks toned. The B&W+ has a mask a whole lot like
Gold 200, and prints a better looking B&W print on color paper. The T400CN
has a less pronounced mask, and while it is good for down and dirty proofs
on color paper, it is better printed on B&W paper.
There is a chromogenic paper, that like the film produced a black and white
dye image, without worrying about color balance, but I was told it is more
expensive than color paper, and since you'd have to change out the magazine
everytime you printed on it, it would be quite a bother in a busy lab.
Dan
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From: <inyoung@jps.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 1:58 PM
Subject: [Leica] Advice on Kodak T400CN


> Hello,
>
>  I have gotten a question on this film processed with C-41.  It is my
> understanding that this film is processed with C-41 as color but can be
> printed either as color or b&w.  Does this mean that lab will print it as
> color if I do not tell them I want it as b&w?  I would like to try this
> film as b&w because I thought that it might have interesting tint in b&w
> prints.  Am I missing something here about the film?  Any info would be
> informative.
>
> Best Regards,
> David
>