Digital BW, The Print

I use a V700 and shoot with an M6 and to be honest I can get a very decent
11"x16" and acceptable 16"x20's image shooting either B&W or color. For me
the film is secondary it is the development of the film that is key. I took
a leaf out of Sandy King's article in View Camera Magazine where he
advocates a divided developer for scanning. I use divided D23 and for most
films a 4 minute bath in D23 and a second 4 minute bath in a 10% solution of
Kodalk gives great negatives for scanning in all the formats I use from 35mm
through 8x10.

 

Also important is the scanning technique - make sure you look at the
histogram and adjust for the best results - I find that my V700 adds a
little too much contrast that I fix on input and finish in Photoshop. Same
with a Drum Scanner - get a good operator and your results will be great,
get a bad operator and you will end up with poor quality and expensive
scans.

 

Cheers

 

Mike

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
chen.benedict
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 6:37 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Adox CMS 20 info / Realistic Inkjet Printing
conditions and limits

 

  

Hi I had the same thread at RFF but decide to ask here as well: 

I'm using the M9 a very good camera... 

I have an M7 which was given to me by someone very dear and still kept it
for sentimental reasons. I rarely use it and when I saw ADOX CMS I thought
the M7 can have a new least of life. A series of Massive detailed landscape
of my country. 

I would love to shoot landscapes with the M7 but my rational mind tells me
that digital is the easy choice... 

So unless there is an absolute advantage I would not shoot with film..

The bottom line question is:

What kind of result (print size) can I expect from desktop scanner say V700
or plustek scanner... 

and 

From a drum scanner...

RFF Link: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121925

Cheers





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