Digital BW, The Print

David,

I have been shooting and scanning Type 55 for a few years now. I also
develop it via the standard chemical pack, but got even more lazy a few
years ago and bought one of the Pro+ (or, whatever they call it) backs that
even times the development for you. It very conveniently starts the timing
sequence once the film is pulled through the rollers, then beeps at the end.
The total development time is adjusted based on the ambient temp of the
holder, too! A very nice upgrade to the standard holder.

I've actually found that I get better B&W prints from this material via the
digital lightroom, then I ever did in the chemical darkroom. Also, I find it
helpful that this film can be developed just about anywhere--a motel room,
for example--as a visual check of work progress for the day. Never could
wait to see my negs, anyway.... ;>)

Happy shooting...glad to hear that a few of us (actually quite a few on this
list, I believe) are still shooting LF. Now if I could only convince my son
to lug the 8x10!

Regards,
Alan Huntley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David R. Spielman" <david@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:30 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] re: ISO 100 B&W films for scanning


> I like using type 55 Polaroid with the normal instant development. This
> allows me to make very fine grain 4 x 5 negatives, without a darkroom that
I
> then scan and print using my 'digital darkroom'. I think this is in
keeping
> with Paul Roark's KISS ( keep it simple stupid) philosophy.
>
> Is there anybody else out there using type 55 in this way? I'd be
interested
> in knowing how this works for others.
> Best Regards,
>
> David R. Spielman