Digital BW, The Print

John,

I seem to remember that Fuji's chromogenic B&W film is either made by 
or in partnership with Ilford.

Jordan

john dean wrote:
> I just did a job this week that was scanned 16 bit greyscale from
> about 12 - 35mm Scala frames that were perfectly exposed. They drum
> scanned beautifully (as underexposed frames do not) and these are
> going to make some really beautuful inkjet prints. The tonal
> distribution is unique and I love it. It is sad that this material is
> going the way of the buggy whip, but that's life. 
> 
> 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 
> 
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jordan Wosnick
> <jwosnick@f...> wrote:
>>
>> joshscapes wrote:
>>
>>> And don't get too attached to any one digital camera, lens, 
>>> computer, ink, paper, color film, temperature in a day, clouds in 
>>> the sky...ect.
>>>
>>> What kind of a comment is that?  I'm sorry.  I don't mean to sound 
>>> harsh or sarcastic (well maybe a little).  But in this day in age 
>>> does someone really need to be told not to get too attached to any 
>> Josh, I agree for the most part with the content of your e-mail. I 
>> myself don't even own a digital camera and sincerely hope that film 
>> remains available for a LONG time. I didn't intend to be provocative.
>>
>> But AgfaPhoto (the film, paper and chemistry branch of Agfa that 
>> emerged after the parent company declared insolvency earlier this 
>> year) has indicated that it failed to find a buyer and is wrapping up 
>> operations at the end of 2005.
>>
>> http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/10/19/afx2285533.html%3E
>>
>> Long discussion here: http://www.apug.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20610
>>
>> AgfaPhoto laid off all of its staff earlier this fall. I think a 
>> European company bought up its stock of B&W paper and some chemicals 
>> and is selling it until it's gone. There was also talk of Fuji buying 
>> up some of its materials and/or IP, and of a company buying the colour 
>> mini-lab part of the business, but I don't know if these deals 
>> materialized.
>>
>> The 120-format B&W films were discontinued earlier this year. 
>> Production of all Agfa films and chemicals has ceased. That's why it's 
>> becoming difficult to find APX films and Rodinal, as fans buy up the 
>> stock everywhere. Lots of discussions of alternatives to these films 
>> and developers are currently underway on photo.net, APUG, etc.
>>
>> Given the fact that Agfa is basically out of business, and that Scala 
>> requires a proprietary process, I think that settling on Scala now may 
>> not be a wise idea. There are alternatives for B&W slides, but they 
>> are generally not as convenient.
>>
>> Jordan
>> www.photosensitive.ca
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>
>> Jordan Wosnick
>> jwosnick@f...
>>
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