Digital BW, The Print

Shilesh --

You'll find that Tri-X is pretty grainy though it's capable of a 
beautifully subtle gray scale. Slower films are typically higher contrast 
with harsher tonal transitions; faster films are even grainier. The method 
I described in my previous post helps cope with Tri-X grain and can produce 
beautiful near-grainless scans (as grain-free as you want though, as I 
said, leaving a little grain makes the image look more photographic. In 120 
size I concur with Clayton in preferring the 400-speed to the 320. I have 
it developed in D76 diluted 1:1 for 10 minutes and agitated once a minute.

-- Victor Landweber


At 12:48 AM 1/14/2003 +0000, Shilesh Jani <shilesh.jani@...> 
wrote:

>Thank for the responses to my question.  Although I wanted
>recommendations for "grain free" scans, I owe it to myself to try out
>(no opun intended) Tri-X.
>
>Regards.
>
>Shilesh
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Shilesh Jani
><shilesh.jani@s...>" <shilesh.jani@s...> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I recently bought a 6 x 9 camera and a Polaroid SprintScan 120
> > scanner.  A majority of my previous experience has been 35 mm +
> > transparency film, scanned on Nikon LS 2000, convereted to b/w in
> > PS.  I am interested in doing pure b/w work, with b/w film.  I am
> > seeking recommendations for film, those that can be scanned well
> > (read: minimal grain aliasing) with the SS 120.  I will probably
> > continue to use color positives when the scene contrast is low, but
> > for relatively high contrast, I would much prefer negative film.
>Any
> > film/exposure/processing help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Shilesh
>
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