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[Digital BW] Re: film for medium format scanning

2005-12-20 by john dean

Thanks Paul,

I know you shoot a lot more black and white than I do these days.

However, from my experience the CN type emulsions do well with drum
scanning if you scan them just like they are color neg films.

Ironically, just about everything I've scanned in the last couple of
years has been traditional black and white emulsions like T Max and
Tri X. I want to give the multiple layer films a try this time around.

John




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> > ... Does anyone have any suggestions of which brand of the
> > chromeginic black and white film to use? 
> 
> On several occasions -- all more than 2 years ago -- I tested these
films,
> and the Kodak version always ended up on top in terms of grain and
> resolution.
> 
> >... does it matter?
> 
> Probably not that much; they seem to be close.
> 
> While Kodak's older version (T400CN) is what I use for my high speed
B&W,
> I'm not a fan of these films unless the speed or commercial
processing is
> needed.     
> 
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

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