Digital BW, The Print

I still think we are splitting hairs and arguing semantics which 
isn't really valuable, but personally, I would prefer a 6MP CCD/CMOS 
image over a straight 6MP scan with grain aliasing and all... you 
apparently don't agree... no problem.

Also, for some reason you clipped your quote out of my reply, "Portra 
400BW gives results that are similar (if not equal to) Technical 
Pan..."  so I was "asking him [ie. you] about it" :)  I currently 
have been shooting two cameras, one loaded with TP and a second with 
either T400CN or Portra 400BW... felt your comment "similar (if not 
equal to)" meant that there wasn't any real reason to be doing so... 
I do... I also consider the two films *not* similar or equal...  
Portra 400BW is a great film though.

mark

...
> > Then why the heck would anyone shoot Technical Pan
> > film then????
> 
> Technical Pan has even higher resolution and even less grain.  I 
said
> "similar to," not "equal to."
> 
> Portra 400BW is a good compromise when Tech Pan is not practical or
> possible.
> 
> > I can't even conceive how anyone can make this statement?
> 
> Neither can I.  If anyone ever actually makes that statement, you 
may want
> to ask him about it.
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