Digital BW, The Print

I to have had good luck with all types of film.  I scan on a Nikon 8000 and it handles all types of film quite well.  I like the look of the chromogenic films for certain things, and it does have a couple of advantages over silver based films for scanning.  But, the final scanned image is equally as good with silver or chromogenic films.  Some of my silver negatives go back to the '60's, so I scan quite a range of B&W film types.  All seem equal as far as the final scanned image.
 
TB


Stan McQueen <stan@...> wrote:
At 02:30 PM 8/12/2003, you wrote:
>For B&W film, it is best to use a chromogenic film because
>it is more  in the same dynamic range as the scanners. The best is Kodak
>Portra. Ilford XP2 doesn'r seem as clean. The chromogenic films use a C41 
>process,
>the same as color. Regular B&W film has silver in it which is too dense for a
>really perfect scan.

Not true at all. If you are using ICE for dust removal, then, yes, you 
cannot use silver films. Otherwise, they are no problem. I use Polaroid 
scanners and I almost always use silver-based black and white film. Partly, 
I don't really care for the look of the chromogenic films and partly, I 
often use film types that are simply not available in chromogenic films. 
For example, I do a lot of infrared work with Kodak and Maco infrared 4x5 
sheet films. They both scan beautifully.

Stan

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