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Re: -s-S RE: [Digital BW] film for medium format scanning

2005-12-14 by Tyler Boley

I personally like the chromo Ilford film XP2 and have used it for many years in 120, but 
others who've tried it on my recommendation have not liked it.
I'm hearing good things about the Efke films, particularly the 25, here-
http://www.jandcphotography.com/
I have yet to try them.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, james@r... wrote:
>
>   I,
> > unfortunately, developed it for sharpness for enlarging.  Now I wish
> > I'd
> > developed it more for smooth grain.
> >
> 
> Scanners like different things than enlargers.  They far prefer thin film to
> dense, for instance- the opposite of the choice for enlarging. It may even be
> that they prefer thin to "properly" exposed.  I have been out of shooting and
> developing for a time, but have in mind revamping my development scheme to fit
> scanning, not enlarging.
> 
> James Irelan
>

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