Glad to hear it worked well John. Don't forget you can have them
'toned' sepia or blue or ...
George
John Hudson wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone for their opinions on b/w and C41 b/w film, filters,
> lenses, etc in response to my recent message asking for advice on same.
>
> I finally opted for Kodak T400CN C41 process b/w film. I used only u/v
> filters on 50/1.4, 100/2.8 and 135/3.5 lenses on my OM4T and shot late in
> the afternoon last Saturday on my back yard deck using available light
> .......... low in the sky sun through the trees in the urban forest behind
> my house which gave just the right amount of light. Some shots I got with
> my subject's face illuminated with rays of light and other with more
> difused lighting. The photos have been printed on colour paper and although
> the blacks are not as solid black as they would have been had they been
> printed on b/w paper they are more appealling to my eye. There is just the
> most minute tinge of sepia in the prints which give them a very very slight
> sense of warmth. I used the spot meter in the camera and metered
> exclusively on the lady's face. Exposures were generally about 1/30 @ f8
> using a monopod.
>
> The results are simply ............. outstanding!! I could not have wished
> for better. Whether it is the film, the camera, or the lenses, or having a
> very photogenic and willing subject, or all of the above, I am not only
> sold on T400CN but on b/w portraits as well. Not having done any b/w since
> 1970 or so this has been a whole new discovery.
>
> John Hudson
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