Has any one tried.....

Patrick · Aug 26, 2004

The C-41 processed ILFORD b&w film.

(I know I know...but it's just so much easier to drop off at a 1 hour lab.)

Better than the Kodak brand?

Artemis · Aug 27, 2004

I tried a kodak c-41, and the pics looked kinda green...so it may be.

Walt · Aug 27, 2004

Haven't tried the Ilford C41 B&W. The Kodal is very good. Artemis, if your's turned out green, that's from the lab. I have had no problem.

Patrick · Aug 28, 2004

LOL..I've heard people complain for a red tint before but not a green one. I haven't seen either.

voodoocat · Aug 28, 2004

Don't pay any attention to the prints you get back from the lab. They are printed on the color paper. Take it in and have a real b&w print done, you'll notice a huge difference.

the_peel · Aug 31, 2004

I've tried the Ilford C-41 BW 400ISO film. It's not too bad, but in comparison to real BW film, it's night and day. There's just something about real BW film that this C-41 stuff just can't replicate.

Artemis · Aug 31, 2004

Maybe its cause in every pic with the greenish tint I took pics of grass....and the grass had the tint....

green · Aug 31, 2004

it wouldn't be that... because its reading the world like black and white... monochroamtic. If you had a green tinge, its because of the lab. either they thought it was supposed to be green because its grass, or they just colour corrected it poorly (if at all)

Jeff Canes · Aug 31, 2004

green said:
it wouldn't be that... because its reading the world like black and white... monochroamtic. If you had a green tinge, its because of the lab. either they thought it was supposed to be green because its grass, or they just colour corrected it poorly (if at all)

I have seen this before; the green coloring is on the negative. Remember these are color-processed negatives

Jeff Canes · Aug 31, 2004

I have used the Ilford XP2 (C-41) a lot with very good results; ditto about it being intended for printing on B&W paper.

Kodak has three C-41 B&W films - Kodak Black & White 400 is consumer film and available at local drug stores, it is designed for printing at mini-labs; Pro films are TMAX 400CN for B&W paper and Portra 400BW for color paper

The problem of printing traditional B&W negatives at mini-lab, is not as big deal as it one was, because of the new digital mini-labs being used

Corry · Aug 31, 2004

The greenish tint very well could be from the lab, but, it is also possible that the greenish tint is from the lighting in which you are viewing the pictures. I work in a 1-hr lab, and once in a while we get some that look greenish in the flourecent lights, but once you get outside, it looks normal.

I myself have never seen them tinted red, though?

Artemis · Aug 31, 2004

Well....it aint the light...I just think tis the lab

Jeff Canes · Aug 31, 2004

i think it's something about the process,
Personly have shoot dozens of rolls of Ilford
c-41 B&W both 35mm and 120 roll, only have this problem one or two times

Patrick · Aug 31, 2004

Do you like it better than the Kodak stuff?

Honestly I've never seen any kind of "tint" on the prints I've used the C41 BW.

Maybe I'm just luck. For a change!

Thanks for the input.... I'll throw acouple rolls on my next order from B&H.