Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:

> During Christmas I am going to be shooting black and white with an 
RZ
> 67 and drum scanning (I don't trust taking my 4x5 on the airplane to
> Louisiana). Does anyone have any suggestions of which brand of the
> chromeginic black and white film to use? I never thought I'd see the
> day that I would abandon tri-x but now is the time. I was going to 
go
> with the Ilford XP because I have some familiarity with it, but
> someone recently had great results with Fuji and suggested it... 
does
> it matter? I may go to 44"x60" with these, which I have easily done
> with Provia film from the same scanner. I'm thinking 100-320 iso.
> 
> John 
> 
> 


Can't help you with specifics, but think about other films that can 
be reversal processed to provide positive images. If you search for 
SCALA developing, you should find a link to a place in the UK that 
makes a couple of kits to do this, or just send it off to dr5. As I 
recall, there were several films with a clear base that were said to 
work well, but I don't remember the specifics. Might be worth taking 
at least one roll for an experiment for the (limited?) future.