Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W filter selection
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 10:44:30 -0700
References: <001b01bfbc7f$68c25d20$51aafea9@steve> <000b01bfbcfb$4295f400$28ef65ce@cbsi>
 
Gwen & Jim Long wrote:
> 
> Will my Leica B&W filters (yellow, yellow-green and red) have the same
> contrast enhancing effect on their subjects using the "color" films that are
> C-41 processed (such as Kodak B&W Select) as they have with regular B&W
> films?
> 
> Jim

You mean on Chromegic films: XP2 and I don't see why not!!
All films have slightly different ways of absorbing various wavelengths and
responses to reciprocity failure and all that stuff can be looked up on a film
by film basis.
Mark Rabiner
In reply to: Message from "smhickel" <smhickel@iserv.net> (RE: [Leica] RE:FS)
Message from "Gwen & Jim Long" <jimlong@inwave.com> ([Leica] B&W filter selection)