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Re: [Digital BW] Color film for black and white output?

2004-03-11 by Ernst Dinkla

Craig wrote:

> It can take some experimenting but B&W films need to be matched to a 
> developer and development objective (that of being scanned) that 
> should almost be considered as part of your digital workflow. For 
> example, I find HP5 in Rodinal scans with very ugly grain clumps that 
> you can almost count on the monitor when scanned with the Nikon 
> ED4000; however, in Tmax developer it scans creamy smooth.

Is that difference of developers expressed in the scan related to 
staining of the emulsion/grain ?

Ernst,

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