Digital BW, The Print

Alex-


> There seemed to be lots of information about Tmax,
> TriX, and Porta400, but I am not sure I followed the
> thread to a decisive conclustion ....

I'm not sure that there is a decisive conclusion.  I have used two film 
scanners.  An Nikon ls2000 and a polaroid sprintscan 120.  I had no 
problems scanning the chromogenic films ( XP2 and TCN400 is what I 
tried) on either scanner.


>
> What is a good low grain ASA 100 ( or thereabout )
> film that will scan well. Is a low contrast film better
> in that it is more compatible with the dynamic grey range
> of a scanner ?

I did not have a problem with the density range of any negative film on 
either scanner.  They both seemed to handle them well in that respect.

I did have better scans in terms of grain from the polaroid at 4000 spi 
than from the Nikon.  The nikon scans were 'lumpier' when scanning at 
2700 for films like fp4 and Plus-x.  This was not enough of a problem 
to get me to switch scanners though.  I switched to the ss120 so I 
could scan MF film.

> Is there a film that is Not optimal for BW scanning ?

There are no negative films that I know of that will not work with the 
current generation of film scanners (perhaps tech pan ?).

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Kevin Gulstene
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