Hi Martyn,
I used to use a local 30 minute lab who treated me just like a colour film
customer (cheap + fast) with the negs printed to 6 x 4 colour paper. A
slight tint was evident in the prints but they were fine for reference prior
to scanning.
The local lab guy brought forward his retirement when Agfa got into
difficulties so I had to look elsewhere. Bonusprint have proved to be a
disaster, insisting that I pay twice the rate for C41 b&w and send it to a
completely different address. They keep the film for a ridiculously long
period of time and in the case of the last film I sent them, forever.
Pyramid Imaging are lightning fast, send Monday back Wednesday, but they
charge as much as an Ilford (also slow) mailer and I don't get any prints.
Kodak T400 CN is discontinued but I would happily have transferred to their
replacement Kodak BW400 if I could get whichever 14 year old Boots/Tescos
have put in charge of the processing machine to believe that C41 is the same
for b&w or colour.
I have bought some HP5 for when the T400CN finally gives out but if I had
read the post from AG before I purchased I would probably have gone with
Delta. It's a nightmare, anyone would think there is some magical digital
alternative or something :-)
--Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martyn Smoothy" <mds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 01 November 2005 14:09
Subject: [OM] Re: Kodak T400CN - processing?
>
> James, thanks for the feedback.
>
> The main reason I was interested in using the film in the first place was
> the possibility of getting virtually instant results back from a local
photo
> processor - if it's necessary to send it away to a lab (been using Lab120
> lately - pretty good results & fast turnaround) then I might as well stick
> to one of the many "standard" B&W films available. Suppose I could always
> use colour print film & Photoshop to B&W if I really need a 1 hour
service -
> just doesn't seem right somehow...
>
> So, anyone in the UK actually managed to get T400CN (or Ilford XP2)
> processed on the premises at any of the mainstream high street photo
> processors?
>
> Martyn S
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Michael King [mailto:jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 01 November 2005 10:27
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Kodak T400CN - processing?
>
>
>
> >
> >>
> >> So, the point of the post, - have I misunderstood the purpose
> >> of the film? or are the staff at Boots the idiots I believe
> >> them to be?
> >>
>
> The evidence suggests they are indeed not firing on all cylinders...
> As far as I know T400CN is a chromagenic film and kodaks answer to ilfords
> XP2 super. Both a processed as C41. I have shoot a few rolls of XP2 and
> got them developed in C41 by a mail order developer with no problem at
> all. The results came back with a lilac tint but since I scan and convert
> into grey scale no problem. exposure latitude is very large. Grain on XP2
> and contrast is lower if you overexpose i.e. rate at 200 or 100 asa
> contrast is high and grain higher if you underexpose.
> I would assume that T400CN would behave simularly.
> Also if you scan since chromegenic films are just standard dyes you can
> use infra red cleaning whereas I believe that with true black and white
> films the silver stops the IR.
> Regards
> James
>
> P.S.
> if you are uk based I have had good experiences so far with The dark room
> (very fasy turn round 3 days but no discounts for multiple films)
> photosports limited (discounts for multiple e6 processing) but slow turn
> round (9 days) and peak imaging (about 4 days turn round)
>
>
>
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