Digital BW, The Print

Adrian, I have been experimenting quite a bit along these lines.   
I like Kodak Portra 160NC very much.  I also like shooting Astia 
100 (color slides) and converting to black and white, using 
various different techniques (one great thing is that, by using 
selections, you can say have a red filter for the sky, and a more 
balanced combination of the color channels for the remainder of 
the image).  I don't shoot any straight black and white so I can't 
offer any comparisons unfortunately.  Kodak Portra 160 NC is a  
good starting point, IMHO.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Adrian Joyner" 
<ajoyner@b...> wrote:
> I have traditionally used 120 Tmax as my film of choice. 
However since developing large quantities of film is an 
occupation  I dislike with a passion and my darkroom work has 
becoming less and less I have recently switched to Ilford XP2. As 
others have said this film scans very well and I am generally very 
pleased with the results.
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> But having made the break from developing the film myself I 
can see some advantages in using a 120 colour film so that I 
can combine ease of processing with tools like the channel 
mixer or conversion filters from the likes of Silveroxide or NIK.
> 
> What 120 colour films, preferably available in 400ASA, would 
anybody recommend with the eventual aim of producing high 
quality monochrome prints. How do colour films compare to 
B&W films when converted to greyscale.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Adrian Joyner
> Clevedon
> England
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