Hi all, I've been lately shooting some C-41 B&W film in a portrait workshop I'm attending, and trying to make something nice of it in the other one, B&W darkroom. It is really "A Kind Of Magic" (just to keep with musical references)! I'm not an emotional type but seeing the image you shoot come alive in your hands is something of a marvel, especially for us computer-b(l)inded... Well, the question: I tried Kodak 400 CN, Ilford XP2 and Konica VX. All ISO 400 C-41 B&W film with various results, the most annoying thing being the fact that 1-hour lab prints always come up in every shade of tones but neutral. But when I got the negs back I saw that the film masking is very different as well. The CN's one is almost neutral while the XP2's is decidedly magenta while the Konika's is just like that of a plain color film one, maybe a bit on the light side. The question is: if I print B&W from this films how will the mask interfere with filtering? I suppose the general contrast should be lower but if I use a magenta filter for a high contrast it will blend with the film mask, won't it? Will it be the same if I tried real colour film? I won't have the next printing session for 10 more days, otherwise I'd just have tried it... TIA, Flavio - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org.
