Digital BW, The Print

You'll have to pry my Hasselblad from my dead hands hoping you're right! <g>
Ah, yes, the 2.8 Rollei...what an absolutely marvelous camera. But, sorry,
I'd be an SL66 guy myself. I don't own one. Even though I thoroughly enjoy
using my Canon 10D, I still really enjoy pulling out my Nikon F2 every once
in awhile and running a few rolls through it. There's just something about
the feel and nostalgia of these old cameras....Leica M2, anyone?

Grain? What grain? I don't see any from my 4x5 and 8x10 scans. And, we're
talking mostly Tri-X here. But, I know what you mean about the smaller
formats...scanning 35mm drives me absolutely nuts! Fast and lightweight is
good for those subjects that lend itself to this style of shooting but, for
me, there is nothing that compares to viewing my image on a groundglass
about the size of a small TV screen! And, before digital, I was viewing my
image at actual print size because I had no means of enlarging those huge
negs. I don't know how to explain it, but there's something that happens
when you're viewing your final print at the time of image creation; other
than the fact that the image on the groundglass is in color, of course. I
could never afford to shoot 8x10 color! Nowadays, B&W is bad enough; $150
for 50 sheets of 8x10 Tri-X. Ouch! I remember when it was less than a buck a
sheet. Times have changed, fir sure!

Alan Huntley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Hahn" <markhahn2000@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:38 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Do most of you still shoot b&w on film?


I think that will happen... I've been eyeing the Mamiyas since the
prices of the 645 are almost going into free fall now.  guess I
always think Classic TLR when someone mentions Rollei.  With my
current 7660 problems associated with film scanning I am almost ready
to just buy a Digital Rebel or 10D on the way home just to get a
quick fix to my film scanning/printing woes...

People talk about how film is better for b&w, but since the grain
gives scanners fits and apparently some printers, you have to wonder
how much better it really is if your intended output is a inkjet...
sure you can shoot medium/large format or Techpan, but the allure of
film has always been fast and light weight for me.