Response to More Contrast out of T400CN

Mike Moore doesn't indicate whether he is judging contrast by the negative or print. I have used a fair amount of T400CN and XP-2, with processing by different labs - home photo type and professional. In general, I haven't seen much difference in the NEGATIVE contrast from conventional film. Printing is a different matter. Prints have ranged from muddy crud to top quality, to a "burned out" Kodalith look. I believe that Kodak has a filter pack for the labs to use in printing T400CN, but I expect your average 1 hour lab never even heard of it. This may be the problem. As for filters, I haven't done much with them, but I think that the film shows a little less contrast with the red (25) filter than I expected in use for cloud/sky contrast, but that is just an impression. My suggestion - get a good lab, ask about the filter pack, and what paper they print on, and experiment. Good luck.

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