What B&W film is this?

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Bought this cheap at my camera store. All he knew about it is that it's a 400 asa b&w film & it was cheap. I bought 3 rolls to try. Just says on the canister Premium b&w 400. Ultrafine.com has a film with a similar canister. The emulsion side is a grayish (maybe) green tint (according to my eyes). If anyone has shot this film then tips on development & experience would be cool.
 

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nikon_sam said:
The grey coloring looks just like Tri-X...
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Interesting. I don't have any TriX but I do have some Arista Premium 400 that is supposed to be triX. The film on the Arista is darker in color but the underside (emulsion) side is exactly the same. I may shoot a roll & use the times for TriX & see what I get.
 
Why do they sell BW film with no label, how in the world are you going to know how to develop it?
 
Stand may work indeed, but what about all the people not having a bottle of Rodinal standing around? :)
- Or if you were to send it of to a lab for development.

Yeah, maybe there are some dev-data inside the packaging (should be, or else this would be in the category "surprise film" ^^ )
 
Am I missing something here? Couldn't this be C41? If you use it and get the shot you have always dreamt of taking, why risk dodgy film/development for that moment?

Stand dev' on C41 - ummmm.

Recommendation - go back and ask what it is.
 
Though the original poster has said that the seller knew nothing, I would get them to check with the person(s) who supplied it.

If you just want to take snaps and say 'it's a lottery' -that's up to you...
 
alistair.o said:
If you use it and get the shot you have always dreamt of taking, why risk dodgy film/development for that moment?
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Uh, why would you take once in a lifetime photos with an unknown entity? Even with film that has full data sheet I do testing.
 
Looks like the packaging Ultrafine uses. They sell their house brand B&W film online cheap. Don't know who makes it. The cartridge has the same color scheme and type of printing.
 
Steve M. said:
My guess is it's a C41 film too. Which would explain why there's no other info on the canister.
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Ultrafine does not have at the moment any ISO 400 C-41 film.
As Earl is saying; tests are a must, every b&w shooter should develop own film. Sending it to the lab is pointless.
 
If it's monochrome b&w, processing in a C-41 line will ruin the chemistry. So it's best to process in a conventional b&w developer and find out. A snip test is a good option, though given a cheap price I would just shoot a roll at various EI and develop it in Rodinal, XTol or D-76.
 
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