Newbie M3 B&W film rec

[dshfoto]

Newbie M3 B&W film rec

These were shot with an M3, on black/white film. The last, of the couple, is on Tri-x developed with D-76 1:1.
All were transferred from film with a Leica DMR and an enlarging lens.

 

[CopperB]

Looking around online for a Canadian distributor, I found Arista 400 Premium 135-24 on Henry's Camera website for $4.29 Cdn. Anyone know anything about this?

 

[David_Manning]

There is another possibility...if you choose to try a minilab-capable film, Ilford XP2 is drugstore-process-capable, but printable in a wet darkroom and also scans well. It's a nice, flexible option for, say, shooting a high volume that will be digitized, but also might be printed in a small amount as silver-gelatin enlargements.

There are lots of options, which is part of the fun. I myself have shaken off some of the digital hangover by shooting Tri-X and souping it in HC-110, which mixes easily.

The fairly underrated C-41 b&w films are actually quite good, just not archival. When I first bought my M6, I ran Kodak's BW400CN for test rolls, so I could get Walgreens to develop, scan, and print. They look very nice, but that particular film is not great for darkroom printing (lacks good contrast due to orange celluloid base)...hence the XP2 suggestion (no orange base...responds good to RC paper in the darkroom).

Have fun. My own advice for all of us here...enjoy the process, not just the results.

---David.

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