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Re: Eclair Cameras: T-max versus 7245

Vic:

Kodak 7222 and 7231 are the only two B&W negative stocks that I know of;
there are also Kodak's reversal stocks, 7276 and 7278.  I really do like the
contrasty look of the reversal stocks -- exposed correctly, and if you
project the original camera negative, it looks better to my eye than a print
of the negative stocks.  But you can't always be projecting your camera
original...  And since I make several prints of my films for festivals, and
because I need the exposure latitude, I shoot 7222 and 7231, and sometimes
push either stock 1 stop.

The bottom line, as anyone will tell you on this group, is test, test, test
and experiment to find the look you want.  The lens you shoot with makes a
world of difference, too, both in perceived graininess of the image and
contrast.  Old Angie zooms look quite different than Zeiss primes.

Good luck,
julian


From: Alexander <mo007@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: EclairACL@topica.com
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 08:20:26 -0700
To: EclairACL@topica.com
Subject: Re: Eclair Cameras: T-max versus 7245

Hi, Julian

So what's the best B&W movie film to shoot on?

Vic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Williamson" <julian3rd@earthlink.net>
To: <EclairACL@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Eclair Cameras: T-max versus 7245



Ian:

Are you talking about bleach-bypassing a B&W print?  I'm most familiar

with

the still B&W process and didn't realize that B&W prints were "bleached".
Could you explain?

Or were you talking about bleach bypassing a color print of a b&w

negative,

which brings me to my next question:  Who has printed B&W negative to a
color printstock, and what does it look like, especailly if

bleach-bypassed?

I'm looking for a contrasty, warmish tone from a black and white negative
and wonder how printing to color printstock would perform.

Thanks in advance,
julian


From: Ian  <i_turpen@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: EclairACL@topica.com
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 11:52:42 -0700
To: EclairACL@topica.com
Subject: Re: Eclair Cameras: T-max versus 7245

If you wanted to retain more silver, you could bleach bypass the B&W

print

or use a scalable process to skip 50% of the bleach, which would give

you

better blacks and more contrast.

I've never read of anyone doing this with B&W.

Alpha Cine in Seattle doesn't charge a set-up fee for this, but they

don't

offer a scalable process.

When I was the Head Processor at Bono Film in Virginia, we processed

some

Nike commercials that were shot on Optical Soundtrack Filmstock which

was

high contrast and low ASA, but wasn't as extreme as Hi-Con or Kodalith.

I always liked the look of Black & White Reversal compared to Negative

which

always looked milkier to me.

I think anything shot with more lights at a lower ASA rating is always

going

to look richer and more resemble technicolor, except for the color dyes

they

used.

-Ian


From: Leo Vale <leoavale@yahoo.com>




Reply-To: EclairACL@topica.com
To: EclairACL@topica.com
Subject: Re: Eclair Cameras: T-max versus 7245
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 09:50:35 -0700 (PDT)


--- Mark <super16acl@aol.com> wrote:

Issues of grain aside ... I believe that real B&W
film, photographed and lit
correctly for B&W contrast, has a unique look when
projected that can't be
duplicated when color neg is printed in B&W. Perhaps
I'm being too Artsy here.

--- I'll buy that about the B/W.  If nothing else,
there's the use of color filters for fine tonal
control.  You can't really use that on color stock for
a B/W print or transfer.


All I know is that when I see an original 35mm print
of Citizen Kane, or the B&W
Nykvist/Bergman films of the 50s, there has been
nothing like that look to
come out on the silver screen since the demise of
real B&W, (except perhaps
SHINDLER'S LIST and some of WOODY ALLEN'S MOVIES).


--- "Print" and "real B&W" point to the problem.
I spent two and a half years restoring Fox Movietone
Newsreels, so I got to look at a lot of nitrate fine
grains and prints.  Another six years of restoration
work gave me a chance to see more nitrates.
Modeern B/W prints just don't ccompare, they look so
anemic next to a nitrate print.
1000' of nitrate is and feels heavier than 1000' of
acetate.  The nitrate has more silver.  That shows on
the screen. Velvety blacks and rich tones.

Shortly after acetate replaced nitrate, manufacturers
drasticly reduced the amount of silver in photographic
film.  The way that ASA film speed is determined had
to be modified to account for this.  And, of course,
the manufacturers have been cutting back on the silver
ever since.
I suspect that one of the reasons for the richness of
the color in three-strip Technicolor negs and even of
Eastman color neg from the early 50s is due to the
higher silver content.

I don't know that anything can be done about this.
I'm inclined to think that B/W is a lost art.
I also think that all B/W movies should be in 'Scope


yours in TohoScope,

--- LV






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