Hi,
a grainy C41 B&W film will be hard to find as they don't use silver grains but dyes. I've been using Kodak's BW400CN and find it has a very nice tonal and dinamic range and nice contrast, although it might tend to be on the low side sometimes. BUT if you do your own printing, this can be solved by changing the paper's contrast/filter. Should you, like me, scan your negatives and do your own "digital darkroom" work, this can be easily adjusted to your tastings in Photoshop.
Here's an image shot with it:
http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=758152
I've used Ilford XP2 a long time ago (10 + years) and enjoyed it, it had more contrast than Kodak's BW400CN. But I think I've used its first generation, can precise how it is now. Here's a link to an image shot with it.
http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=443404
Both have the characteristics of dye negative film:
- Almost no grain
- Very good dynamic range
- Can be pushed easily with great results (esperience with this and you may take some "grain" of them)
- Sharp
- Scans nicely, at least on my Nikon Coolscan III with Nikon's software. And you can use I.C.E., which is not available with silver films.
My suggestion is that you buy a roll of each and explore their limits (vary over and sub exposure) to find which suits more your taste.
Regards,
José Azevedo
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