Digital BW, The Print

Eric,

I have scanned XP2 on an LS-2000 for years.  While there may be better
 ways to do it, I have not had this sort of a problem in the past. 
The film is two years past its "use by" date and I suspect it is
toast.  Thanks to everyone who replied.

Regards,

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Neilsen"
<e.neilsen2@...> wrote:
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> Before you throw that baby out with the bath water, do yourself a
favor and
> try scanning it again, What are your methods now? With XP2 I found I
needed
> to pay attention to noise in the scan an different channel will produce
> radically different results. The magenta mask with that film can get
quite
> high, so you may not be able to see some things unless you carefully
inspect
> negs. You may want to try a different processor as well. Then again
it could
> be toast. When did it expire? 
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> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Peter De
> Smidt
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 9:31 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Film deterioration
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> > Stephen Kobrin <kobrins@wharton. <mailto:kobrins%40wharton.upenn.edu>
> upenn.edu 
> > <mailto:kobrins%40wharton.upenn.edu>> wrote:
> > I have stored a supply of XP2 well past it's due date in my freezer.
> > Are there any obvious signs of deterioration negatives from outdated
> > film? The last two rolls show some "mottling" in the shadows. It is
> > not posterization, but rather a coarseness and some lack of detail.
> > Midtones and highlights seem fine. Is it time to toss the film? I am
> > relatively sure the problem is not a function of scanning or
> > processing in PS.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Steve
> 
> Old film can show loss of sensitivity and contrast, increased fog and 
> graininess, and other ills. This is especially true of color films, of 
> which XP-2 is a subset. I expect that you'd want to get different film.
> 
> -Peter
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