first b&w

[Nikon Bob]

Thanxs. the advice made sense as over exposure with print film seems to help them ( colour print too ) which is the opposite of slide film. Nothing really beats a home film scanner for getting the image into your PC either.

 

[unfocuzed]

Does Overexposing the C41 kodak make it more contrasty? I like having a c41 B&W to get done at 1hr but prefer my B&W to be real contrasty.

 

[Doug]

UnF -- nope, overexposing C41 film doesn't make it more contrasty. Overdeveloping would, though, so you might expose normally and ask your lab to push-process the roll one stop. I've found that does boost contrast!

 

[GeneW]

Does Overexposing the C41 kodak make it more contrasty? I like having a c41 B&W to get done at 1hr but prefer my B&W to be real contrasty.

What Doug said ...

Also, you normally try to get 'normal' development of any B&W film. In a darkroom you can then use higher number paper grades to boost contrast. In Photoshop you use Levels and Curves. But if you overdevelop your film the contrast can become uncontrollable, losing values in highlights or shadows when you attempt to make images. Too-contrasty negatives give scanners the fits.

Gene