Fix time for Kentmere 400 B&W with Kodak fixer

[Joe Scotto]

I feel that this way it's just too dark.

 

[timor]

It is only a sample, that flat look of your pictures is maybe not connected to your negatives, but the scanning.
Another version. Remember, I work with copy made from screenshot.

The amount of contrast is up to you, but what do you have on Flickr have very small tonal range, feels very flat and just gray.

 

[timor]

Or

 

[gsgary]

Better ?

It looks green on my phone b+w usually look good on it

 

[timor]

Better ?

It looks green on my phone b+w usually look good on it

You're right Gary. I don't know, why. I just worked with this:

which is a cutout from screen shot from Flickr web page. The next two samples are converted to b&w. I manipulated only the the brightness and contrast. Hm...

 

[gsgary]

Alien action In photoshop ?

 

[timor]

Maybe.

 

[gsgary]

Thats one of the problems with digital B+W

 

[timor]

Thats one of the problems with digital B+W

I don't know. I am a film guy

 

[Josh66]

K400 should look a lot better than that in D-76. I've never used D-76, but I've used a lot of ID-11, and from everything I've read it's the exact same thing.

The fixer is probably not the problem though. What temperature are you developing at?

 

[Joe Scotto]

Take a look at my re-scanned images with contrast adjustments in Photoshop on Flickr.

 

[timor]

Take a look at my re-scanned images with contrast adjustments in Photoshop on Flickr.

What do you think ? Looks better ? I think so.
But a question: how dense are those negatives ? Something tells me, that they maybe "overdone". There may be few reasons. What camera did you use ?