What B&W film is this?

[gb hill]

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.

 

[timor]

Might be TX or Kentmere 400. I have UX 100, and it looks like Kentmere 100.
Here some thoughts.
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=370907

 

[nikon_sam]

The grey coloring looks just like Tri-X...

 

[Trius]

I doubt it's Tri-X, but if it is, that would be very interesting.

 

[gb hill]

The grey coloring looks just like Tri-X...

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.

 

[znapper]

Why do they sell BW film with no label, how in the world are you going to know how to develop it?

 

[Araakii]

Why do they sell BW film with no label, how in the world are you going to know how to develop it?

maybe there's a development chart included?

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

Why do they sell BW film with no label, how in the world are you going to know how to develop it?

Rodinal 1:100, agitate gently for 30 seconds and leave for a hour. (seriously)

 

[znapper]

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" ^^ )

 

[alistair.o]

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.

 

[Sparrow]

... I've put xp2 in id11 I'll have you know

 

[alistair.o]

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...

 

[ChrisLivsey]

Why not run a clip test?

Cut off a few frames 3/4 and develop then see what the edge strip says?

 

[Trius]

If you use it and get the shot you have always dreamt of taking, why risk dodgy film/development for that moment?

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.

 

[Steve M.]

My guess is it's a C41 film too. Which would explain why there's no other info on the canister.

 

[zuiko85]

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.

 

[zuiko85]

Perhaps Lucky film from China?

 

[timor]

My guess is it's a C41 film too. Which would explain why there's no other info on the canister.

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.

 

[Trius]

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.