Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 05:09 PM, Don Dory wrote: > >> The film in the Kodak cameras is their 400 B&W film(C41), not T400CN. >> Only Kodak knows why they make multiple emulsions that do the same >> thing. >> >> Don No they really are designed to do different things - I used to teach a course at Kodak called 'Know your Kodak products' - the way we taught this was: Consumer B+W400 is for processing on the Gold channel of a minilab to produce neutral (yeah, I know) B&W pics on Edge 8 paper Pro T400CN is for C-41 processing but yield negs suitable for printing on conventional B&W papers Portra 400 B&W is for wedding photographers to have processed alongside Portra 160/400 NC/VC and printed on the same channel to produce neutral B&W prints on Portra RA-4 papers. - -- Regards David Prakel Centre of Britain PhotoWorkshops Partnership www.photopartners.co.uk - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html