C-41 Processing [was Re: [Leica] Random evil thoughts]

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Scott McLoughlin wrote:

> BTW, tomorrow my dad is coming down to visit, and if I can
> pry him away from figure skating on the tele, I'll drag him down
> to the DADA exhibit at the national gallery.  I love to shoot
> inside the museum, and typically have used HP5+ at ISO 800
> in the past.
> 

Which is something that it isn't easy to do with C41. Of course you can set 
your 
exposure and treat the film as 800. Give it to your local shop, ask them to 
soup 
it and tell them that it has been pushed and they will come back with "Can't 
deal with that, we aren't set up to deal with pushed film" (however many 
stops 
you have gone).

Strictly this isn't true; but it took me a while to find someone who would 
actually process pushed C41 and the results were, in the end, fine.

Yes, I know that you are supposed to be able to push or pull a stop or two 
with 
C41 and put it through the normal process. I merely recount what I found.

Peter Dzwig