Digital BW, The Print

Alan:  Which scanner are you using for your Tri-X?  My Canon FS4000 
doesn't take to Tri-X too well -- adding quite a bit of grain and 
messing with the tonal qualities too much.  I've much better success 
with chromogenics, especially XP-2.

Robert

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "A. Huntley" 
<Alan.Huntley@c...> wrote:
> Hello Robert,
> 
> I have yet to find digitally produced B&W to be to my 
liking...maybe, it's
> just too many years of shooting B&W film. Since I use medium and 
large
> format for all my B&W, grain, sharpness, and tonal 
transitions/smoothness
> are not issues for me. I'm also an old foggy who still shoots Tri-X 
and,
> probably,
> still has some Dektol coursing through my veins! <g> Nowadays, I 
scan my
> film and produce quite nice B&W images usually on PR with an Epson 
2200
> driven by IP 5.6. I still miss the look of a finely crafted silver 
print,
> but do not
> miss the darkroom at all.
> 
> Good luck with whatever direction your B&W path leads you.
> 
> Alan Huntley
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert" <LA_Native@h...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:43 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?
> 
> 
> To get your best b&w work using Epson's Ultrachrome printers, do you
> generally shoot your subjects on film and scan it in?  Have you tied
> shooting digitally, and were you at all satisfied with the end 
result?