Digital BW, The Print

XP2 Super have a very wide latitude. No need to fiddle with development.
Just be sure to expose it enough - it doesn't tolerate underexposure.
Overexposure: I had overexposed it by mistake as far as two stops once,
and it didn't loose highlight detail (it was a backlit scene -
considerable degree of highlight) but it delivered outstanding shadow
detail. The main advantage of XP2 Super is that it can be used IR
dust/defect removal technology such as ASF's Digital ICE and/or Canon's
FARE. The disadvantage of it is dye cloud image (read as: not archival
as real B/W film) and the need of a good quality photo-lab around (means
the additional risk of a ruined film by some dumb operator fault too).

Regards,
Loris.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Cooper [mailto:yahoogroups@...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:35 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Scanning and Zone Sys Development.
> 
> 
> How does all of this relate to C41 films such as XP2 where 
> you can't fiddle with development and you have a rather 
> different curve from 'real' b/w film?