Digital BW, The Print

Peter,

Are you shooting large format, or roll film such as 120 or 35mm?  If you are
shooting 35mm, you'll want to stay away from dense or especially
"bullet-proof" negs.  One of the great attractions of TriX in 35mm is that
you have to do something really terrible in exposure, to get a negative you
can't print.  But, that's not true with scanning - a dense 35mm neg can be
difficult to scan.  If you are enlarging with a diffusion source such as a
dichro or cold-light head and get good prints with no. 2-3 grade, you should
be OK for scanning.  If you are shooting large format, it is much more
forgiving to scan within reason.  With LF I would stay away from staining
developers such as pyro, since those can be really difficult to scan.
Probably the best 35mm scans I have are from Kodak C-41 process b&w film,
but it is not archival and is difficult to print in the darkroom.

  --ken 

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> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 9:53 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Optimizing B&W film development for 
> both digital and traditional darkroom
> 
> As a general rule, when developing B&W negs for both scanning 
> and traditional darkroom which paper grade (i.e. II or III) 
> would it be preferable to standardize my film development?  
> In other words, should I develop my negs for a lower or 
> higher contrast?
> Many thanks in advance to all who share their time and 
> experiance in answering my question.
> Peter.    
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