Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/08

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Subject: [Leica] Mysterious Kodak film
From: brad at bradbrad.com (brad daly)
Date: Tue Jun 8 17:48:04 2004
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20040608144038.02e32208@mail-aj.acpub.duke.edu>

On Jun 8, 2004, at 1:46 PM, Aaron Sandler wrote:

> I think that's the same film that they sell in grocery stores/walmarts 
> in the US as "Black & White +" or something like that.  I used it a 
> couple of years ago before I started ordering all my film from B&H 
> where T400CN was just so darn cheap to buy.
>
> I seem to recall reading somewhere that B&W+ was pretty similar to 
> T400CN (just not the "professional" version), although I'm sure 
> someone will correct me.  Anyway, I always had good experiences with 
> it.  I treated it the same as T400CN (e.i. 200, if possible).

AFAIK, it's identical to the portra BW film.  which is to say it's 
almost identical to T400CN.  it has a dark red mask, so you might have 
a little trouble getting decent contrast in the darkroom.  but it scans 
really well.

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brad daly       
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http://www.bradbrad.com

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My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I 
photograph.
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