Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/08
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On Jun 8, 2004, at 1:46 PM, Aaron Sandler wrote:
> I think that's the same film that they sell in grocery stores/walmarts
> in the US as "Black & White +" or something like that. I used it a
> couple of years ago before I started ordering all my film from B&H
> where T400CN was just so darn cheap to buy.
>
> I seem to recall reading somewhere that B&W+ was pretty similar to
> T400CN (just not the "professional" version), although I'm sure
> someone will correct me. Anyway, I always had good experiences with
> it. I treated it the same as T400CN (e.i. 200, if possible).
AFAIK, it's identical to the portra BW film. which is to say it's
almost identical to T400CN. it has a dark red mask, so you might have
a little trouble getting decent contrast in the darkroom. but it scans
really well.
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