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Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 07-22-2003, 11:02 PM:

I just saw a Kodak commercial for, of all things, black & white film. Can't remember the last time I saw b&w film advertised on TV. The theme was something like "Create an instant classic with Kodak Black & White Film". I was under the impression that many consumer-level labs only process b&w product very infrequently, if at all. Maybe John Pytlak can fill us in on more...

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 07-22-2003, 11:11 PM:

They're probably talking about one of the C-41 B&W films. It's not "real" B&W and doesn't have the archival properties of standard B&W film. It also has a different look to it (less grain and less sharpness) which some people seem to like (I don't). I'm sure that John P. and others can fill in the details of the chemistry, but these films are designed specifically to be able to be processed in a standard C-41 machine at the local minilab.

For what it's worth, Kodak has also reformulated Tri-X; the new version (400TX) is less grainy and has a slightly different look to it. I like it.

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 07-24-2003, 08:22 AM:

Here's the "chromogenic" (monochrome dyes) film intended for Process C-41:

Kodak B&W Film for C-41 Process

Technical Data

As Scott notes, Kodak continues to develop improved silver-image B&W films:

Kodak Professional B&W Films (silver image)