Misha - For developing, look for a good photo lab in your area, preferrably one that caters to pros as well as amateurs. I go to Ivey's here in and the cost of b&w processing is exactly the same as color. Pro-labs see a large amount of b&w and they don't stare at you with a blank look on their face when you tell them you've shot some ISO 1600 at EI 6400 and you want it not only pushed 2 but cross-processed. As for recommendations, under what conditions do you want to shoot. I think for high-speed/low light it would be hard to find a color film that works as well as an Ilford or Kodak 3200. While I can't give you 100% proof, from what I've shot it looks to me that the lower speed b&W films (like Ilford Delta 100 and Fuji ACROS 100) have a much finer grain than color of the same speed (this does not go for slide film or the naturally grainy b&w films out there). -=>Donald