Digital BW, The Print

I shoot Portra B&W at 320.  I can't speak to digital versus film 
quality, but I find I much prefer manual cameras.  My local lab can 
develop a roll of C41 very reasonably and throw in a 4X6 index print 
for an additional dollar.  The index print is good enough to let me 
see what I want to scan.

Steve


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" 
<LA_Native@h...> wrote:
> Alan:  Which scanner are you using for your Tri-X?  My Canon FS4000 
> doesn't take to Tri-X too well -- adding quite a bit of grain and 
> messing with the tonal qualities too much.  I've much better 
success 
> with chromogenics, especially XP-2.
> 
> Robert
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "A. Huntley" 
> <Alan.Huntley@c...> wrote:
> > Hello Robert,
> > 
> > I have yet to find digitally produced B&W to be to my 
> liking...maybe, it's
> > just too many years of shooting B&W film. Since I use medium and 
> large
> > format for all my B&W, grain, sharpness, and tonal 
> transitions/smoothness
> > are not issues for me. I'm also an old foggy who still shoots Tri-
X 
> and,
> > probably,
> > still has some Dektol coursing through my veins! <g> Nowadays, I 
> scan my
> > film and produce quite nice B&W images usually on PR with an 
Epson 
> 2200
> > driven by IP 5.6. I still miss the look of a finely crafted 
silver 
> print,
> > but do not
> > miss the darkroom at all.
> > 
> > Good luck with whatever direction your B&W path leads you.
> > 
> > Alan Huntley
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Robert" <LA_Native@h...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:43 AM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
> > 
> > 
> > To get your best b&w work using Epson's Ultrachrome printers, do 
you
> > generally shoot your subjects on film and scan it in?  Have you 
tied
> > shooting digitally, and were you at all satisfied with the end 
> result?