Digital BW, The Print

Yup, and I would venture to say that you *really* do have the space 
to develop the film yourself.  a couple bucks for used reels, a 
couple bottles (even old soda bottles to start off with), cheap 
thermometer and a small tank is all you need... and bathroom sink, 
seriously.  In the past I have sent out b&w film in to Kodak (when 
they were more or less snapshots) using mailers from b&h and the 
prints and negs came back pretty good and they were cheaper than the 
semi-pro place developing with a contact sheet.

b&w film/dev combos *I* find forgiving:

Delta Pro 100/400 in ID11/D76/Xtol
TMax 100/400 in Rodinal/ID11/D76/Xtol
APX100 in Rodinal/ID11/D76/Xtol
TP @80 in Photographers Formulary TD-3
Tri-X (old) @ 400 in ID11/D76

for your scanner I don't think you can expect anything 400 to scan 
well, especially in 35mm... maybe 6x6 (I am only really happy with 
4x5" scans on my 2450... which is why I bought it).

T400CN isn't bad and you can get that developed real cheap... though 
converting color negs and slides has advantages for some people (no 
one start a debate on this, OK!).

mark

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> The bottom line is that b&w photography is not now, and never has 
been a 'drugstore' kind of photography.  If you want top tier results 
from your b&w you've got to control the process from end to end.  
That means the film and the print.
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> Tom Baker
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> Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> wrote:
> Hi all
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> And so I would like to ask for guidance so that I can explore once 
again shooting with 
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