Konica Minolta Monochrome VX 400 Black and White Film
Konica Minolta Monochrome VX 400 Black and White Film
USER REVIEWS
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[Dec 18, 2003]
Tomasz Swinica
Intermediate
Strength:
Gives excellent results when printed in minilabs. Due to orange mask and contrast similar to color negatives needs no special adjustment. Scans very easily and can be used in digital minilabs as well. In both cases shows exceptionally fine grain, rich midtones, deep blacks and beautiful, creamy whites.
Weakness:
Not suited for conventional B/W enlargers. Low contrast (compared to traditional silver-based films) makes conventional enlargement difficult, especially on multigrade paper, when orange mask lowers contrast even more (acts as a yellow filter). This is a very special film, designed not only for C-41 process, but also to be copied on regular color paper in ordinary RA-4 minilabs (this is why it has orange mask and lowered contrast). Poor results reported by previous reviewers are due to the fact that this film is NOT PRIMARILY INTENDED for use in conventional B/W darkroom. Customer Service not needed Similar Products Used: Never heard of any similar product. XP-2 and TMX 400 CN are NOT similar. |
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[Oct 03, 2001]
kh
Intermediate
Strength:
Low grain, unified (C41) processing, price comparable to regular bw films
Weakness:
lower contrast, the orange mask complicates bw printing My first experience with this film type. I was surprised with the grain nearly invisible and the gray scale reproduction. The contrast is bit lower than I am used to but most images printed to normal grade paper. Perfect for subminiature formats, much better than regular bw films at same speed (also tried in Minox format Yashica and 16mm Minolta). Similar Products Used: Ilford XP2 Super |
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[Jan 17, 2001]
Max Rheub
Intermediate
Strength:
no special strengths compared to XP2
Weakness:
very low contrast testing 5 films it was not possible to get results with an aceptable contrast. all prints were dark grey on light grey; no black and no white. monochrome is the right label, b&w would be too much. Similar Products Used: Ilford XP2 |
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[Mar 05, 2001]
Andrei Kurin
Intermediate
Strength:
Nothing!
Weakness:
Low contrast, unpleasant form grain Film for test - new issued, processed immediately on the Konica's film processor. Similar Products Used: None |
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[May 13, 2001]
chen elmen
Professional
Strength:
easy to process
Weakness:
low contrast cheaper than other C41 B&W film and similar in quality. Customer Service no need Similar Products Used: XP2,XP2 SUPER TCN400,SELECT400, |