Digital BW, The Print

On 23/4/05 9:30 am, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@...> wrote:

> 
> I guess, I'm looking for a bit of a survey. Digital?  Scanned film?
> Scanned B&W, color or chromes? What film formats? What scanner?
> What B&W conversion mechanism, where applicable.
> 
> What enlargements do folks usually aim to achieve from the different
> image capture modus operandi.
> 
> I know folks here aim for fine prints, so I'm curious about what's going
> on prior to editting and printing the digital image.
> 
> Thanks much.
> 
> Scott

I shoot mainly B&W film in older cameras. Typically PanF+ in Canon manual
focus cameras with Canon prime lenses, PanF+ or Delta 100 in a Mamiya C220,
and FP4+ in a 4x5 Toyo 45A. I haven't had the Toyo long. I scan 35mm in a
Minolta Dimage Elite 5400, MF in a friends Nikon 8000, and 4x5 in a friends
Epson 4870. I intend to buy an Epson 4990 once the expense of my daughters
wedding is out of the way in August. I'll use that for 4x5 and MF, but may
still scan selected MF in my friends Nikon 8000.

I process the images in Photoshop CS on an eMac running OSX, and print to
either A4 with an HP7660 using the 59 cartridge, or larger BO on an Epson
1290s. I also have an Epson 1160 loaded with Permajet VT Blax, but didn't
get on with it. I'm looking at some changes on the printer front, maybe an
HP 8750. I can also print the occasional selected image on a friends Epson
7600.

Steve Bell