Digital BW, The Print

Robert,

I am currently using an Epson 1680 Pro applying a wet mount technique
directly on the glass bed. I use Vuescan for most B&W scanning because it
delivers the kind of image I like to work with. I also own Silverfast 6 for
this scanner, but only use this software for color work; I found
Silverfast's grayscale scanning much to contrasty for my taste, and it
seemed to dump the lower end way before Vuescan. And, yes, I tried all of
the profiles available via Negafix.

I have only ever tried scanning B&W (Delta 100) on my Scan Dual III and
didn't like it much. I'm really finding that even in the digital arena many
of the old rules still apply. For example, there's not substitute for film
real estate. Scans of my 8x10 Tri-X negs printed to ~ 13x19 are absolutely
gorgeous! My miniature format--4x5--is good, too, with 2 1/4 really just
okay. I'm sure a good medium format scanner like the Nikon 9000 or Minolta
Pro would do wonders for my medium format stuff, but I really don't shoot
enough of this size to justify the cost of the larger film scanners.

Alan Huntley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert" <LA_Native@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?


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?




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