Digital BW, The Print

Alex, you might want to include delta 100 and fuji Accros(100) in your bw evaluation.(Ultra fine grain, smooth tonal scale). They are my film of choice for chemical darkroom work (16x20 from 35 mm) but have not yet tried them on the digital side.
Alan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: B. Alex Pettit Jr. 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 7:43 AM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Taking the plunge


  I have just acquired a Mamiya 645. Once I pick a film,
  PlusX125,  TMax100, PortraBW400, I plan to do some
  comparison shots between my 4 MP Olympus E-10 and
  the film scanned at 2000 dpi with my Polaroid SprintScan45.

  Output via an Epson 3000 with Cone driver and Cone or MIS
  inks.

  The results may be subjective, way too many variables to
  control or normalize, but at least I will not be attempting 
  to force one to be best. 

  ( I think, from some early observations, the digital will
  produce prints equal in quality up to ~ 12x16 print size.
  The PlusX125 cannot support heavy sharpening due to grain.
  Other films to be eval'd this weekend. ) 


  Best,
  Alex


  "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@a...> wrote:
  > Ken writes:
  > 
  > > Does anyone know of a reasonably unbiased source
  > > comparing digital capture and film scans, with high-res
  > > examples?
  > 
  > I've never seen a comparison that wasn't trying to prove that one is
  better
  > than the other.
  > 
  > Furthermore, there are so many variables in such comparisons that
  they are
  > usually meaningless, and even when expertly done they are questionable.
  > 



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