Response to Bad Black & White Processing

Jeff, getting good B&W processing is always a problem if you don't do your own, especially if you don't live near a fair size city that has professional labs. However, don't judge C41 process by the B&W prints you get from Walmart or your 1hr lab. The processing of the negatives is identical to that for color prints, and is machine controlled. If the lab gives good color print film results, the B&W negatives should be good. The printing is a whole other matter. Printing XP-2 or T400CN requires different filters and times from color printing. Most labs don't know anything about this and as they get few requests for the B&W, they don't worry about it. Make sure you judge your results byu the negatives, and get a professional printing lab to do your prints. The results should be much better.

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