C41 with B&W developer

[scotteci]

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I developed some Kodak BW400CN (C41 B&W) in D76 today, undiluted for 14 minutes.

 

The results are interesting, and a bit encouraging. Of course the bonus is less fighting with dust since it gets ICE'd in the Nikon scanner. It also gives me the option of dropping film off at the local photo shop for developing if I am too lazy to develop it myself.

 

Does anyone have experience doing this, and is there a preferred developer?

[richam]

Interesting experiment. The rich blacks and detail in the darks remind me of Scala developed in Rodinal, something I've done often for landscapes and cityscapes. (But it makes terrible portraits unless you want the leathery, weathered look.)

 

Regarding the ICE, I always thought you needed to remove the silver with a bleach to make the negative fully ICE compatible. Could you comment on this?

[kenneth]

I developed some Kodak BW400CN (C41 B&W) in D76 today, undiluted for 14 minutes.

 

The results are interesting, and a bit encouraging. Of course the bonus is less fighting with dust since it gets ICE'd in the Nikon scanner. It also gives me the option of dropping film off at the local photo shop for developing if I am too lazy to develop it myself.

 

Does anyone have experience doing this, and is there a preferred developer?

 

interesting. Funnily enough I have just had some Kodak BW400CN processed by HS lab and they are not as B&W as those. I might give it a try. At present I am taking snow pictures with Fuji Neopan 400CN I am assuming the results would be similar.

 

Also, Richam thank you for the tip and I quote The rich blacks and detail in the darks remind me of Scala developed in Rodina