F & F2 Man
Senior Member
Desperate to use my Nikon F2 that I acquired about a month ago, as I am waiting for my SS check so I can buy some more BW film,
I found a roll of Kodak Ultramax 400... Since I won't pay even the $2.99 to get it developed at a local store,
I decided to try cross processing in BW developer, I googled it and found this very useful blog Darkshape's Photography Blog: 49: Guide to Developing C-41 films in B&W Chemistry (Kinky Cross-Processing)
The 4 main main points that lead to success
Scanning was so so, Some of negatives were too dark, (there are dark anyway, the orange mask doesn't help)
I did scan as 16bit BW though with my V700, Maybe I should scan as a color negative?
A few negatives the scanner could not find the edges, so it scanned dead center between 2 negatives.. (I use the Epson holders because they are coded to auto scan batch negatives to detect the film frames).
Nikon F2, Nikkor S 50mm f/1.4, Kodak Ultramax 400 at 200
HC110 B at 5:30m at 20c
Scanned at 4800dpi
CC Lr/Ps
Ps-Lr---Solaris Park-Nikon F2-N50mm f14-C41 Ultramax 400 to BW-003 by Peter Arbib -My General Galleries, on Flickr
Ps-Lr---Solaris Park-Nikon F2-N50mm f14-C41 Ultramax 400 to BW-009 by Peter Arbib -My General Galleries, on Flickr
Ps-Lr---Solaris Park-Nikon F2-N50mm f14-C41 Ultramax 400 to BW-010 by Peter Arbib -My General Galleries, on Flickr
Anyone else cross process C41 to B&W?
Care to share your photos and words of wisdom?
I found a roll of Kodak Ultramax 400... Since I won't pay even the $2.99 to get it developed at a local store,
I decided to try cross processing in BW developer, I googled it and found this very useful blog Darkshape's Photography Blog: 49: Guide to Developing C-41 films in B&W Chemistry (Kinky Cross-Processing)
The 4 main main points that lead to success
- HC110 B or D76 straight or 1:1 are good developers to use
- ISO of the color film does not matter for cross processing (as C41)
- Develop using HP5+ 400 times (can add 5-10% if wanted)
- Over Expose the Color film for better results (I go 1 stop)
Scanning was so so, Some of negatives were too dark, (there are dark anyway, the orange mask doesn't help)
I did scan as 16bit BW though with my V700, Maybe I should scan as a color negative?
A few negatives the scanner could not find the edges, so it scanned dead center between 2 negatives.. (I use the Epson holders because they are coded to auto scan batch negatives to detect the film frames).
Nikon F2, Nikkor S 50mm f/1.4, Kodak Ultramax 400 at 200
HC110 B at 5:30m at 20c
Scanned at 4800dpi
CC Lr/Ps
Ps-Lr---Solaris Park-Nikon F2-N50mm f14-C41 Ultramax 400 to BW-003 by Peter Arbib -My General Galleries, on Flickr
Ps-Lr---Solaris Park-Nikon F2-N50mm f14-C41 Ultramax 400 to BW-009 by Peter Arbib -My General Galleries, on Flickr
Ps-Lr---Solaris Park-Nikon F2-N50mm f14-C41 Ultramax 400 to BW-010 by Peter Arbib -My General Galleries, on Flickr
Anyone else cross process C41 to B&W?
Care to share your photos and words of wisdom?