Digital BW, The Print

Hi Harry,

Depending on what's going on - on the film, I scan grayscale or RGB.
Sometimes CYMK, if I get a different look.

I shoot FP4+ and APX100 because the processors around here suck. I haven't
played with XP2.


gar

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[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
hlockwood
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 10:22 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] From scan to print


My question is about the scanning negatives, but since the end goal is to
get the best B&W
print, I thought I'd raise the question here.  I hope this is not considered
too far OT.

I'm shooting a couple of test rolls of XP2 Super with the idea of getting
away from film
processing and taking advantage of Digital ICE.

Rather than scan as grayscale, I scanned (Nikon 4000ED) in RGB, then
converted to Lab
and discarded the color channels.  I did this to get rid of any effects of
the background
mask.  This resulted in an image that required gentler tonal corrections
than if I had
scanned in grayscale.

I can do some extensive testing, but I thought I'd tap into the combined
wisdom of this
group first.

So, have I stumbled onto a well-known procedure, or does it make little or
no difference
which route one takes in the scanning step.

Also, any comments on the relative merits of Ilford vs. Kodak chromogenic
film would be
welcome.  TIA

Harry Lockwood



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