Digital BW, The Print

"smichener" <smichener@...> writes:

> Hello all,
>     Does anyone have experiences good or bad with particular black 
> and white films.  I shoot 35mm and have been using Kodak's C-41 
> chromogenic BW film and my Canon 4000 dpi scanner.  I recently 
> purchased tanks, chemistry and equipment to begin developing true BW 
> film (Kodak or Ilford).  I was hoping to improve the contrast and 
> quality of my images.  Of course, after my purchase, I have now read 
> that the C-41 BW film perhaps scans better than true BW film.  Any 
> advice would be appreciated as I have not used any of my new 
> equipment or many rolls of film.  Thank you in advance.

The C41 film scans better than silver-based film (for me it's been
XP2). 

What sort of contrast problems are you having with your old workflow?
You're probably best off working to fix that first.  Then, when you
understand what the problem is, maybe the right fix *is* a change in
film and/or processing, or maybe not.  But you'll actually know then
:-). 
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