Digital BW, The Print

I think the best is Technical Pan, but it's not made any more.  (I stuffed
my freezer with it when I heard it was going to be history.)

The other film I've used the most for landscapes is Tmax 100.  I,
unfortunately, developed it for sharpness for enlarging.  Now I wish I'd
developed it more for smooth grain.

As you can see, I think grain is much more of a problem than sharpness in
digital printing, assuming you have a good scanner.  When I have the C-41
B&W film in the camera and want a really smooth sky, I use a tripod and take
multiple shots.  Multi-sampling works in shooting just the way it works in
scanning.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


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> Subject: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning
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> Hello all,
> 
> I am a b&w landscape photographer who works with a Pentax 67.  I
> have been using Tmax 100 film in 120 size ever since I got into
> scanning my negatives.  I have gotten pretty good results, but am
> eager to try something else to see if I personally like the look
> better than TMax.  My question is this:
> 
> In your opinion, what is the best film to use in a medium format
> camera that is going to be scanned, worked in Photoshop CS, and then
> printed with MIS inks on an Epson 2200 printer?
> 
> Please answer with whatever you think.  I am open to all ideas about
> using any type of film (traditional, C-41 b&w, color transparency,
> color neg..ect). Being a landscape photographer, I obviously want a
> film that give superb contrast, detail, and sharpness.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your suggestions:
> 
> Always grateful for your knowledge.
> 
> Josh
> www.joshscapes.com
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