Digital BW, The Print

Surely you folks are not letting ISO 400 film be Xrayed at the airports?
That could surely be a cause of your problems.

Jerry

culturalvisions wrote:
> 
> I just  processed XP2 Super shot in Havana and found it to have
> an extremely high D-Max.  I brought more of the same Cuba film
> to a different lab and it looked great.  I figured the first lab was
> bad or Xray damage created the foggy looking film.  I usually get
> great results from XP2.  Frank
> 
> -- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "tjphotoct"
> <tjphoto@s...> wrote:
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Tony Terlecki
> > <ajt@m...> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:05:16PM -0000, tjphotoct wrote:
> > > > I am printing some of my older images that I shot on XP1
> > using
> > > > Piezography inks and my Epson 3000. I am enlarging them
> > to
> > > > 16x20 and grain isn't an issue. The prints are looking great.
> > > > They were all shot either 6x7 or 35mm.
> > > > However, since I liked the ease of scanning and printing
> the
> > XP1
> > > > film I just shot a huge project with a Contax 6.45 using XP2
> > film
> > > > which I haven't used before.
> > > > I processed the film at a custom lab and I am trying to scan
> > the
> > > > film and make the same size prints.
> > > > The XP2 negatives aren't the same color or as deep a color
> > as
> > > > the  XP1 negatives and they are very grainy and coarse and
> I
> > > > mean very grainy and very course.
> > > > When I look at the film under a loupe the grain is very
> obvious
> > not
> > > > at all the smooth look I am used to with XP1. In fact I think
> the
> > > > grain is more pronounced with the XP2 film then with my
> > Tri-X.
> > > > Does anyone have a lot of experience with XP2 who could
> tell
> > me
> > > > what is going on?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Are you sure the lab processed these as C-41 and didn't
> > mistake them
> > > for traditional B&W film?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tony Terlecki
> > > ajt@m...
> >
> > Tony,
> > The box, the roll, everything says process C-41. They are a
> > custom color and black and white lab and they also sell the
> film.
> > Do you use XP2 and can you see "grain" in your XP2 or is it very
> > smooth. I can see this grain like pattern even between the
> > frames in the blank film area.
> >  Actually I just read it is now XP2 Super.
> > TJ
> 
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