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Re: Your Opinion on B&W Film for Scanning

2004-10-17 by Robert

My own experience is that Ilford's Xp-2 renders the creamiest tonality
for scanning.  Have a look at this:

http://www.pbase.com/robertades/image/34031674/large

Robert A

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "naksum"
<naksum@t...> wrote:
> 
> I would like some opinions about what you consider the best B&W film 
> for scanning. At the moment, I am especially ambivialent about 
> trading the tonal sophistication of film like T-Max for the solid 
> scanning performance of a C41. Comments?

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