Digital BW, The Print

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From: "jimj1946" <jimj1946@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] film processing



> I would like to ask about the processing of black and white film,
> for ultimately scanning and printing on an ink jet printer. I am
> curious as to what kinds of negatives produce the best results.
> Would a denser negative, like for platinum printing or a thinner
> negative be better for scanning? If this is not the right place for
> this kind of question, could some one please point me in the right
> dirction? I went to a general photo forum, and people thought that I
> was crazy for wanting to waste a fine negative on an ink jet printer.

Jim,

Just to echo Clayton's remarks, any processing that will produce a good
negative for darkroom enlargement will scan well. Likewise a negative that
is too thick or too thin to print well with traditional methods will give
you problems with scanning too.

As you can see there is no better consensus on "ideal" film processing for
scanning than there is for enlarging. <G> (I swear by Ilford FP4+ and TMax
400 in Pyro.)

A very appropriate question by the way and welcome to the group.

Martin Wesley