Re: [Digital BW] Re: B&W Chromogenics
2003-01-12 by Ken Carney
Steve, give Kodak Portra 400 B&W a try also. It also has that "lush" look,
something like a Plus-X neg. I'm pretty impressed with the detail. Plus,
it works with digital ICE, which won't work with silver b&w film.
Regards,
--Ken Carney
www.kencarney.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <skobrin@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 3:28 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: B&W Chromogenics
> Roger,
>
> I use both super XP2 and Ilford fp 4&5. I really like XP2, especially
> shot at 320 rather than 400. While there are others who are better
> at the technical details, I find XP provides a very nice tonal scale
> with a "creamy" feeling that I cannot be more specific about. While
> I do not think it is quite as sharp as the standard Ilford films, it
> does well enough in that regard and the flexibility is wonderful. (I
> suspect that the standard films also provide more shadow detail, but
> I am not 100% sure about that.) I tend to shoot a lot with older
> cameras and it is nice not to have to worry about metering dead on
> for every shot. From what I understand, XP2 is a marked improvement
> over XP1. I scan it with a Nikon LS-200 with few problems using the
> color setting and converting to B&W in PS.
>
> One other advantage is that if you are traveling it is easy to get it
> processed and you do not have to deal with multiple X-Ray scans at
> airports.
>
> Steve
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roger Sopher
> <rlsopher@c...>" <rlsopher@c...> wrote:
> > I have used XP1 in the past (when I still had a darkroom) and
> wasn't
> > overly impressed compared to what I could do with large & medium
> > format Tri-X but that was some years ago. I didn't really expect
> > 35mm to compete strongly with 4x5 and 6x9. Maybe that was just a
> > self-fulfilling prophesy...
> >
> > There is little chance I will ever set up a darkroom again and I
> > have sold off my large and medium format gear so I am interested in
> > what opinions are concerning the chromogenics, particularly Portra
> > and T400CN. My intent would be to scan them to a digital image with
> > my 4000ED. I have been using Fuji color print film for this purpose
> > with no particular unhappiness but I wonder if the B&W C41 films
> > might produce a bit better image for scanning. I can certainly do
> > the experiment myself but I am just as lazy as the next fellow...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Roger
>
>
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