Digital BW, The Print

Why shoot B&W film at all if you know your output will eventually be 
digital? With a push of a button any color pic can be beautifully 
converted to B&W ( with the added benefit of any combination of 
filters in the channel mixer) . Why run around with B&W film in your 
camera and miss a potential color shot that only color film can do 
justice to. The only B&W film I still shoot is ISO 3200.
K.Monroe



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hahn" 
<markhahn2000@y...> wrote:
> 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