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Kodak bw400CN (35mm, 400 iso) user-review
written by eyecon on February 17th, 2009 , 9 comments (9 votes)

Honestly I have to say, I became a fan of this film by incident.
First of all I was not really a big fan of Black/White before – I always liked the shots that I saw on magazines but mine never really turned out that nice.

Anyway, there was this night when I shot a concert of a good friends’ band. After the show was over we hang out in the backstage room and the only film that was left was this Kodak B/W. I thought by myself – better then nothing and load it into my camera. The good thing with this film is that you can process it in any cheapo drug store around the corner because it works with C41 process.

So, I received the B/W pics as fast as my color prints and when I opened the envelope and had a first look, I really liked them.

The fine grain gives a little bit extra vintage feeling to the shots. From now on I will always keep one of these in my camera bag but now it´s not only the last choice for me.

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9 comments

  • stouf
    by stouf
    9 months ago

    Veeeeery nice shots !

  • d_i_d
    by d_i_d
    9 months ago

    Looks like "real" b&w. I never managed to get such a look with this film. Need to give it another try...

  • eyecon
    by eyecon
    9 months ago

    Thank you - I was also surprised with the results.,..

  • -a-l-b-e-r-t-o-
    by -a-l-b-e-r-t-o-
    9 months ago

    I like your result!

  • crimebaby
    by crimebaby
    9 months ago

    Nice pix!!

    I love this film, some places that develop mine get cool tones like your shots, and other places they're warm and brownish instead of blue.

  • maddyoulook
    by maddyoulook
    9 months ago

    these are awesomee

  • 80s_ego
    by 80s_ego
    9 months ago

    saturday i have put this kind of film in my holga...we only have to wait the end of the film...anyway i like these pics...have a good day all of you...

  • cinzinc
    by cinzinc
    9 months ago

    i like the vintage touch as u said. great photos, defintly gna look out for this film

  • juznobsrvr
    by juznobsrvr
    about 1 month ago

    . . . . . bought a bunch of rolls prior to reading this article... but i haven't used any yet... after seeing the images, i'm jazzed up... gotta try 'em soon... thanks

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