Digital BW, The Print

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> From: "lovelipp" <ArleneLoveL@...>
> Subject: B&W film for scanning
> 
> I've used Kodak Portra and Ilford XP2 - and am now finding that the
> best of all is the Kodak  T400-CN. It seems to me to be cleaner and
> sharper than the others. The scan always looks grayer than the other
> films, but juicing it up with curves and levels takes care of that.
> I'm be interested in other's perception of this film.
> Best to all, Arlene


Arlene,

I have been using T400Cn for a lot black and white work for quite some time.
It has quite a bit of latitude when compared with non-chromogenic black and
white. The contrast can be bumped for printing by rating it at 100 or 200
(ie overexposing 1 to 2 stop) and process normal. The high key areas don;t
seem to blow out at all.

It is so sharp that I had one client insist that a hand held 35mm neg taken
to 11x14 ( wet darkroom) was from a 120 neg. I have not had to scan much yet
but the few things I have showed amazing detail when printed on the 2200
Epson. Great shadow detail and nothing totally blows out in the high key.

Jerry