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Archive for the ‘bw400cn’ Category
The End Of Film? Or… The End Of Digital?
Posted in alternative process, analog film technology, analog photography, bw400cn, Camera Technologies, death of film, digital photography, digital printing, digital revolution, digital technology, film capture, Film Is Fun, film scans, inkjet papers, kodachrome, kodak, photo industrial complex, photo magazine, photography, photography today, stephen schaub, tagged death of digital photography, digital camera death, end of film, film dead, future of photography on June 1, 2011 | 27 Comments »
Kodak BW400CN and Fuji Acros Compared in Caffenol C
Posted in alternative process, analog film technology, bw400cn, caffenol c, film capture, film scans, fuji film, imacon scanner, indian hill imageworks, kodak, scanning film, tagged caffenol tests, fuji acros caffenol c, kodak bw400cn caffenol c, kodak vs fuji on February 3, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Here is an interesting side by side… shot within a few minutes of each other. The BW400CN is an EI of 200 (this film in my Caffenol C process has a very usable EI range from 50-800). The Fuji Acros is an EI of 100 (box speed… depending on processing time the Acros has a [...]
Kodak BW400CN Processed in Caffenol C
Posted in alternative process, analog film technology, analog photography, bw400cn, caffenol, film capture, film scans, imacon scanner, indian hill imageworks, kodak, scanning film, tagged caffenol c, caffenol c developer, coffee developer, kodak caffenol c on January 16, 2010 | 13 Comments »
The testing continues… BW400CN (C-41) by Kodak processed in my tweaked Caffenol C… the testing for this film is almost done… usable EI is around EI 50 – 400 / 800 all with the same processing time! Grain has a nice defined presence but not overpowering. A big advantage to this material beyond the flexability [...]
Stand Development – Part 1
Posted in alternative process, analog film technology, analog photography, AudioBlogs, bw400cn, diafine developer, film scans, fuji film, imacon scanner, indian hill imageworks, kodak, rodinal, stand development, Xtol Developer, tagged rodinal stand development, stand development, stand development scanning, tmy-2 stand developement, xtol rodinal stand developement on July 31, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This is part one in a multi-part article on stand development and semi-stand development (BW) for the purposes of scanning. I have been spending much time looking at different dilutions, different agitation techniques, different recipies and I have come up with a good working solution for my tested films that produces perfect results every time. To [...]
Kodak BW400CN, Fantastic Misunderestimated Film
Posted in analog film technology, analog photography, bw400cn, figital revolution, film capture, film scans, imacon scanner, indian hill imageworks, kodak, pinhole, Print Surface Resolution, scanning film, stephen schaub, zone plate, tagged film for scanning black and white, good film reciprocity correction, kodak BW400CN for pinhole, scanning film kodak BW400CN, zone plate and BW400CN on June 2, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Many of the chromogenic (C41) process black and white films get mixed reactions on the web from working photographers, but my recent and continuing exploration of Kodak BW400CN has changed everything in my mind and in a very good way. To listen to the audio portion just click on the audioblog logo. Test Image: Kodak [...]





