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Re: [Digital BW] B&W Films and Scanning

2002-05-16 by wapitiwilla@aol.com

Scott: I learned to shoot, develop and print on bulk-load TX. Loved it. It 
was much easier to print than TM400. But scanning those old negs is a hideous 
struggle because of dust and scratches. I now use factory rolled canisters, 
TM 400 for an ongoing project, which even when I try to be ultra careful 
during developing, winds up with time-consuming scratches. For job work (not 
a lot, so far) I use T400 CN; have a local lab process only, and sleeve the 
entire roll. This I cut (still sleeved) into six-frame strips. I can examine 
the frames on a light table and remove the negs only for the length of time 
it takes to scan. (In this house any negative is a cat hair magnet.) I like 
what I got and so did my client. Can't offer a scientific comparison, though. 
Good luck, Carol.


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