Digital BW, The Print

All 100 speed films scan pretty well, but in my experience, only the 
400 C-41 films scan well at that speed with this scanner (I've yet to 
see anyone's 35mm Tri-X scanned really well on any home scanner 
though... which is a shame, because I love Tri-X).  I would suggest 
Tmax100 or Delta Pro 100 as good starting 35mm films.  Both can 
easily be pushed to 200, scan well and are very forgiving.  D76/ID11 
are good starting developers for almost all films, though XTOL is 
good for pushing.  Lots of people have different opinions on film 
choices and these are just my recommendations:)

Have fun!

mark

PS  For scanning, I am currently enjoying Kodak T400CN a lot.  I get 
sleaved negatives and an index print for only $3.99 which I think is 
a great bargain.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Sam McCandless 
<samcc@v...> wrote:
> At 6:32 PM +0000 1/6/04, Mark Hahn wrote:
> >I think you will do much better with a Minolta Scan Dual II or III
> >for b&w 35mm, but the Epson flatbeds do very well with medium and
> >large format... ok, I also thought the thread was on digital b&w, 
but
> >if we go into film a great starter 35mm camera would be one of the
> >Rebels with some good primes...
> 
> and which B&W film for starters?
> --
> Sam