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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