Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina: What are good quality, fine-grained BW films that can be processed C-41? At 12:09 PM 3/17/98 -0500, you wrote: >At 05:39 PM 3/16/98 -0800, you wrote: > >>What films would you recommend for a beginner to get the feeling of >>BW photography? I won't be developing my own, just taking it to a >>good BW lab in town. What are the most popular BW films, and what >>are their characteristics? How is the BW slide film, Agfa Scala? >> >>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated......thanks! >> >> >> >>Francesco Sanfilippo, >>Five Senses Productions >>webmaster@5senses.com >> > > >Francesco: > >You should probably ask your lab which film they prefer. The developing is >very important and will make or break your photos. I use TMax exclusively >for black and white but had to experiment a lot before determined the >times, temperatures and agitation that work best for me. I haven't tried >Agfa Scala. It has to be sent off and developed by Agfa and is expensive. >I've heard that the slides are beautiful, though. I make black and white >slides by duping my negatives. Good look - I'll look forward to seeing >your photographs! Best, Tina > > > >______________________________________________________________________ > >Tina Manley, ASMP ><http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> ><http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> ><http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm> > Francesco Sanfilippo, Five Senses Productions webmaster@5senses.com http://www.5senses.com/