Digital BW, The Print

What about large format like 4x5. I've been using Tri-X so long I
haven't learned how to ask for anything else. It'definitely  not thin. 


John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley"
<tyler@t...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>