Digital BW, The Print

Tech Pan has its own developer (and developing instructions)...and it
is advised to use that only...I just can't remember what it's
called?...Technodol(?)...

Cathy



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Alessandro Pardi
<alessandro.pardi@i...> wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I just purchased the October issue of Practical Photography (an english
> magazine, that I happened to find here in Italy), mainly because of a
> special edition about black and white (or "mono", as they call it). What
> most interested me was the section where they asked 6 pros what their
> favorite film/developer was, and why. This made me reconsider my current
> choice: I now shoot Kodak Supra 100 and then manipulate in
Photoshop. This
> gives me the advantage of the three color channels to pick from, and a
> comparison I made with Ilford Pan F, a highly reputed film, as I gather,
> showed no lack of resolution or sharpness when scanned with my Nikon
LS-30.
> Now I'm (eagerly) waiting for a new scanner to be delivered, and I
want to
> test again, to see if 4000dpi are enough to make differences visible.
> So, for those of you who haven't gone full digital (yet), what is your
> favorite B&W film/developer, with respect to scanning, and why?
> 
> PS - I have a roll of Technical Pan waiting to be developed, so I'd
> especially like to know what developers rate best with this film (on
the PP
> poll the one photographer that used TechPan recommended Agfa Rodinal, to
> keep contrast low).
> 
> Thanks all in advance,
> Alessandro Pardi