Yahoo Groups archive

Digital BW, The Print

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 22:56 UTC

Message

Re: [Digital BW] best scanner for b&w

2003-02-22 by Jerry Olson

XP2 is a great film for scanning, sharp, very fine grain, great tones, etc.

Jerry





THOMAS MOORE wrote:
> I found CN400 35mm a very friendly film to scan. Great latitude and
> virtually grainlees
> 
> on 2/21/03 12:23 PM, Eric Maquiling at eric@... wrote:
> 
> On 02/21 12:20, Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
>>Personally, I find the TMAX films in XTOL hags to scan.  I prefer
>>Tri-X/Plus-X in D-76 1:1/75F and that gives me the best B&W scans.  Delta
>>100 is exceptional as well.  I do pre-soak, and use constant agitation.
> 
> 
> Sorry to keep this thread going but I'll be moving soon and I probably
> won't be able to set up even a simple setup for processing film for a
> while. 
> 
> Any thoughts about scanning C-41 type B&W film and scanning?  XP2?
> TC400?
> 
> TIA!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> 
> If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page.
> 
> Please follow these basic guidelines:
> - Include your full name with your message.
> - Include the address of your website, if you have one.
> - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short.
> - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header.
> - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or "flames."
> - Complete your Yahoo profile.
> - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various resources on the homepage. 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 
> 
> 
>

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.