Digital BW, The Print

Josh -
For me, about 5 or 6 years ago, I stopped using any B&W film, and 
switched to Ektachrome for my 6X9 B&W landscapes (and most other things
that I plan to print.)  The choices for making wonderful conversions in 
Photo Shop are numerous, and since you can work on each color channel
separately, and also get a luminance channel if you need one, the 
control of the final tonalities IMO, go way beyond what black & white 
film can deliver.

Jeff Schewe has written some interesting material on this subject -  he 
talked about making each color channel into a layer, as well as 
converting the file to LAB and converting the luminance channel into a 
fourth layer, and of course, working in 16 bit until completion of the 
file. A lot of work, but worth it for the images that need it.  it used 
to be on his web site.

Clay Price


On Dec 14, 2005, "joshscapes" <joshrandall@...> wrote:

> 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?