b/w print from colour neg

[dunstall]

Can you produce a black and white print from a colour neg? is so how?

[Intermanaut]

Is this a college assignment? Try printing to BW paper with a filter to boost contrast. It's a case of suck it & see.

Of course, you could just scan them and convert to monochrome in memory...

[Mojo_66]

I once made a mono print from Fuji Reala. IIRC I used about a grade 3 paper. It needed more exposure than a mono neg but came out ok, in fact I still have it on the wall.

[dunstall]

hi thanks, no its not a collage thing, i just have alot of old negs , i collect them but i can only print black and white.

[AntSmith]

It kind of depends on the subject - B&W paper isn't panchromatic - that's why safelights don't fog it! It responds a lot to blue, hardly at all to red, and not so much to green.

Your colour neg is using complementary dyes (CMY) so blue things are (er I think) kind of yellowy-green, and green things like leaves are kind of blue... so the land in a landscapes might print well ut the sky probably won't.

Best to experiment since that'll be a lot of fun !

[AJUK]

I think you need to use graded paper?

[Ant_B]

I did this many years ago, it was fun, not at all difficult.

If you're using VC papers, you may find you need to filter to a high value - 4-5 on the ilford scales. Otherwise use a high contrast paper to start with.

Exposure values will be longer I found, but after that normal developing times seem to apply.

Hope my two pennorth helps!

Anthony