Digital BW, The Print

Ken,

What is the realtionship between Portra and TCN 400??  There is one 
other disadvantage of chromogenic films -- you are dependent on a 
processing lab.  I just spent 15 minutes "cloning" scratches out of a 
file.  It reminded me that one of the reasons I use standard B&W 
films is that I can develop them myself.

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Carney" 
<kcarney1@c...> wrote:
> Steve, give Kodak Portra 400 B&W a try also.  It also has 
that "lush" look,
> something like a Plus-X neg.  I'm pretty impressed with the 
detail.  Plus,
> it works with digital ICE, which won't work with silver b&w film.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>   --Ken Carney
>     www.kencarney.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <skobrin@h...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 3:28 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: B&W Chromogenics
> 
> 
> > Roger,
> >
> > I use both super XP2 and Ilford fp 4&5. I really like XP2, 
especially
> > shot at 320 rather than 400.  While there are others who are 
better
> > at the technical details, I find XP provides a very nice tonal 
scale
> > with a "creamy" feeling that I cannot be more specific about.  
While
> > I do not think it is quite as sharp as the standard Ilford films, 
it
> > does well enough in that regard and the flexibility is wonderful. 
(I
> > suspect that the standard films also provide more shadow detail, 
but
> > I am not 100% sure about that.) I tend to shoot  a lot with older
> > cameras and it is nice not to have to worry about metering dead on
> > for every shot. From what I understand, XP2 is a marked 
improvement
> > over XP1.  I scan it with a Nikon LS-200 with few problems using 
the
> > color setting and converting to B&W in PS.
> >
> > One other advantage is that if you are traveling it is easy to 
get it
> > processed and you do not have to deal with multiple X-Ray scans at
> > airports.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Sopher
> > <rlsopher@c...>" <rlsopher@c...> wrote:
> > > I have used XP1 in the past (when I still had a darkroom) and
> > wasn't
> > > overly impressed compared to what I could do with large & medium
> > > format Tri-X but that was some years ago. I didn't really expect
> > > 35mm to compete strongly with 4x5 and 6x9. Maybe that was just a
> > > self-fulfilling prophesy...
> > >
> > > There is little chance I will ever set up a darkroom again and I
> > > have sold off my large and medium format gear so I am 
interested in
> > > what opinions are concerning the chromogenics, particularly 
Portra
> > > and T400CN. My intent would be to scan them to a digital image 
with
> > > my 4000ED. I have been using Fuji color print film for this 
purpose
> > > with no particular unhappiness but I wonder if the B&W C41 films
> > > might produce a bit better image for scanning. I can certainly 
do
> > > the experiment myself but I am just as lazy as the next 
fellow...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Roger
> >
> >
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