Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul,

I appreciate that because I know you are out in the field a lot with
this type of work.

Personally I am also more interested in subtle and sharp shadow detail
also in my work and I typically achieve good exposures for the high-end.

I guess what I am going to do on this trip is to shoot half and half
and directly compare what I'm getting. I'm not too worried about any
grain since I'll be shooting 6x7 and when I come back 4x5.

John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> John,
> 
> > 
> > ... from my experience the CN type emulsions do well with drum
> > scanning if you scan them just like they are color neg films.
> 
> Perhaps my Nikon 8000 scans differently, but I find the color technology
> doesn't have the sharp edges of silver films.  
> 
> One reason I prefer silver films for my landscapes is that the dye cloud
> technology gets smoother as the exposure increases, whereas the
silver films
> are better at the thinner end of the range.  With my liking of heavily
> filtered, dark skies, the chromogenic films end up putting their worst
> performance in the plain dark skies where I need the best
performance for
> smoothness.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
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> > --- 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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