Digital BW, The Print

Austin,
I am now a bit confused: you are recommending using color negative 
film for B&W scanning ?  Porta is BW but uses color chemistry, no ?
Thanks,
Alex


> That all may be true, (and I agree with using color negative films over
> slide films),
> I must point out, that when you scan, your scanner has a particular
density
> range that it can capture, let's say 3.6, and the scanner will always
> capture that range, no matter what the range of your film is.  The
unused
> range is simply thrown out, via your setpoints.
> 
> My suggestion to maximize your data capture is to use a film (I suggest
> negative film, though it has a lower density range than slide, it
has better
> tonality...as in captures more tones) that is just below the density
range
> your scanner can handle, and learn to use it well.
> 
> Austin