Digital BW, The Print

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the reply.

Wading through the results of a GOOGLE search, I saw where a guy 
scanned some Pyro negs. I think he scanned them in RGB and used the 
green channel for printing. 

He was really excited about the results. And the article was from 
2003. So, I'm encouraged.

I have a couple of 120 rolls of Delta 3200 in my freezer. I'm going 
to find a development time for this film and my Pyro and give it a 
shot.

Also, I hear the chromogenic films scan real nicely.

(I haven't shot film since I went digital 5 yrs ago. I have my Rollei 
loaded and ready to go. Going to shoot some film tomorrow. Now, I'm 
just waiting for the Epson V-750 to be released.)


Scott


> >
>  I tried scanning some 35 mm negatives on my Canon FS4000 and Epson 
4870.  The 
> negatives seem to have a lot of noise, come out very light (even 
with a good histogram), 
> and  they seem to have an opaque "film" on the negatives.  However, 
when I work them in 
> Photoshop CS2, the noise is not seen in my 8 by 10 and 11 by 14 
glossy prints.   But, my 
> B&W prints are rather high contrast;  a lot of black areas with 
Zone 3 detail.  
> 
> The "but" in my response is that my scanner is not calibrated and I 
used Vuescan 8.3.32 
> and 8.08 to see if it made a difference.  Also, I had the same 
problem with Iford XP2.
> 
> I tried regular B&W film "Iford 50" and it does not have the same 
appearance.  If you get an 
> answers, please post them.  
> 
> Martin
>