Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"B. D. Colen" wrote: > > Thanks Dan, Xavier, and everyone else to responded to this one...Feedback > like this is what makes the LUG valuable, as well as fun... > > B. D. > and I'm sure that Dr. Blacktape would share my sentiments..;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Dan Post > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 10:26 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] "Filters for the 75/1.4M indoors?"- Certainly! > Especially for negatives! > > BD- > Well, the "New" T400-CN has been replace with the B&W Plus Select film.... > The T400CN had an integral mask, but it was light and didn't print as well > on colorpaper. > The new stuff looks and acts like Gold 200 on a color printer- I use the > same Gold channel on the printer when I print it. > Since the image itself is a gray dye, the only differenc in printing on B&W > paper would be the effect of the mask in that the overall speed of the paper > would probably be reduced. I haven't yet used it to print B&W paper. > I would suggest that if you are printing to B&W paper, that the Ilford XP-2 > would serve better as it has no mask and looks exactly like a B&W negative. > The new Kodak stuff is made to print on color paper for 'down and dirty' > results- if they continue with the T400CN, I am sure it will print better on > actual B&W paper.... > I'll post some results when I get a chance to try it in the darkroom.... > Dan ><snip> For your own black and white darkroom you don't want a dark orange mask to act like a safelight built into your negative! You want no mask at all for printing on black and white paper. Panalure would make a mask more doable but I hate the stuff I have old boxes of different contrasts molding in my darkroom. Mark Rabiner