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C-41 B&W Negative Printing I want to know if you have to use color paper and color chemicals to print B&W negatives which were processed with C-41 method. The negatives are too orange and I'm used to B&W negatives being just that.
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Jon Close |
See Kodak's Technical Publication F-2350 on their T400 CN (Process C-41) film. http://www.kodak.com/cluster/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/f2350/f2350.jhtml;jsessionid=3HYDAXRFKBW3NQHIO3JHWGQ C-41 film is primarily designed to be printed on color paper, that's why it has the familiar orange mask of color film. It can also be printed on black & white paper. From F-2350: You can make black-and-white prints by enlarging them as you would any other black-and-white negative. You can use a graded paper, such as KODABROME II RC or a selective-contrast paper, such as KODAK POLYMAX Fine-Art Paper. "If you print on graded black-and-white papers, a normal exposure on this film will print well at grade 3. "When printing on selective-contrast papers with KODAK POLYMAX II Filters, a normally exposed negative will print well with a 3 or 3 ½ filter. The light brown to orange color of the T400 CN Film base does not affect contrast control with POLYMAX II Filters."
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