Gast
Hi.
I’ve heard you can develop C41 films in black-and-white developers too. Or at least in such a way that you end up with a black-and-white image with a colour cast. Does that really work, even though they’re different types of film?
Gast
Now I'm confused. If you develop using black-and-white chemistry, you definitely won't get any colour cast. Just greyscale – that's just how black-and-white chemistry is... but it works, i.e. you can see what's there. But that's all.
Gast
Hi,
With Ilford XP 2, you at least have a 'grey' base, and the results
are just like a normal black-and-white film.
Best regards, Stephan
RomanJRohleder
Dear Completely Anonymous,
Sure, that’s fine.
C41 films contain a fair amount of silver halides – significantly more than any black-and-white film. If you develop C41 film using Rodinal, for example, you’ll get black-and-white negatives; the base has slightly less masking than C41 film processed in C41 chemicals (part of the mask is formed during the process).
Speed? A matter of luck. The grain is rather coarse; the whole point of the exercise is barely more than a bit of ‘fun’.
Roman
