Isaac wrote:
Hello all. I'm wondering what everyone's opinion is on this. Is it worth
using? It is certainly much easier to acquire, but would I be happy with the
results? Also, are filters needed like with real b&w film?
I tried one film a while back. Konica VX400, I think it was called. The results were reasonably good. Also, I tried printing some of the pictures using a traditional B&W enlarger, and I'm not able to tell the results apart from real B&W prints. (But then again, I did it myself, and I really have no skill whatsover in this matter.) And the results looked better than the colour paper prints the local lab gave me (so maybe B&W paper is, contrary to what someone else said, better for printing from these films, or perhaps it's just that even I can make better prints than your average minilab...)
I don't think these films are easier to acquire around here, though; genuine B&W ones are actually quite easy to come by. It's not that easy to find someone who will develop real B&W, however, at least not at a reasonable cost.
- Toralf
