Digital BW, The Print

Tri-X and D-76 1:1 is my personal favorite for traditional 
processing, has been for years, but you suggest that you do something 
special to reduce the grain quantization in the digital processing, 
what is it?  *I* am not happy with how it scans/enlarges from 35mm 
negatives.

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Austin 
Franklin" <darkroom@i...> wrote:
> Getting good B&W negatives is not only based on the film choice, 
but the
> developer and development dilution and development time.  I 
strongly suggest
> trying D-76 1:1 for Tri-X (and Plus-X).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin
> 
> > since no home scanner can accurately capture the actual visible 
grain
> > of Tri-X you are stuck trying to process around this failure... 
you
> > may be able to do this to your satisfaction, but I have not, nor 
have
> > I seen anyone else's work that satisfies me... though I haven't 
seen
> > your work of course.  the scanner scans across the grain and
> > quantizes the image as it should, but that does not mean that the
> > results are pleasing.  With finer grained films the images already
> > look smooth and the averaging that occurs during a scan just
> > maintains the smoother look.  For large format work, the 
quantization
> > of Tri-X is not so much an issue because, even though it looks bad
> > when you zoom in, you don't have to enlarge it as much and it is 
left
> > in the sub-visible realm.
> >
> > how do you process out the obvious grain quantization from your 
Tri-X
> > scans?
> >
> > mark
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony G.
> > Atkielski" <anthony@a...> wrote:
> > > Mark Hahn writes:
> > >
> > > > 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 ...
> > >
> > > Tri-X can easily be scanned from the scanner's standpoint, but 
get
> > the
> > > results you want requires a lot of tweaking and practice.
> >
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