Digital BW, The Print

vis a vis pre-visualization, I've actually noticed that certain changes in dev and exposure actually help the raw (positive) bw scan process. This may sound counter-intuitive, but with a general contrast scene and tmax 100 4/5 8/10 film and TMX RS developer (without the replenisher) I've actually underexposed slightly for my camera's general ISO with this film (50 to give a good contrast in dr) and over-developed at 1-9 68%. This might not work for everyone, but I've noticed that this method gives a rather thin neg with lots of shadow detail and is perfect for scanning and working with in Photoshop. Less fog the better for scanning and the tgrain and shadow detail in tmx 100 really responds well to every dig scanner I've used on it.

So I do actually shoot for digital scanning now, not for darkroom . . . 

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Nice to see you're liking that ACR-LR workflow Tyler. It especially works with contact scans of rolls with multiple images all at different contrasts and exposures. You can swoop the exposure from one end to the other on-the-fly and see all the tones with the correct contrast. Pretty nifty and totally not able to be done in the darkroom. I do all my roll contacts like that now. (LR3.2b lets you invert directly in the app.)

Walker