Digital BW, The Print

I am happier with "true b&w" at ISO 100 than with ISO 100 color 
film.  I am also happier with T400CN (or PortaBW) film than color ISO 
400 film.  I almost never make color prints, but it is true that you 
have more flexiblity shooting color... I recently was unable to print 
a b&w shot that could easily have been fixed if I only had access to 
the color data and was able to mix my colors differently than the 
film had done.  I am currently shooting Techpan (@80 in TD-3) for 
super finegrained b&w images and T400CN as my fast film.  No color 
film can come close to Techpan IMO.  (Didn't I already say that there 
would be opinions that differed from mine? :)

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "digikdm" 
<monroekd@h...> wrote:
> 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