Digital BW, The Print

Dear Helen,

 Thanks for the sharing. I looked at the Ultrasmooth but it was only
abailable in rolls and 13X19. What is Premier Art Hot Press? I don't
see it on the Epson site.
 TX 320. Hmmmmm.......
  <Trying to bite my tongue>
 Hmmmm...........
  Why don't you get Fred Picker's very short book, The Zone VI
Workshop. It's being sold for $1 on Amazon. It was invalauble for me
to go thru the very simple procedures he outlines in the first 1/3 of
the book on determining a personal ASA and development time for your
film. He will insist, though, that you use TX 400, not the 320
'professional' film, with HC-110. Try it and see.........
  And, really, you've got to develop your own film. That is so
crucial. I use a Jobo rotary drum processor for that at home. It
really is NOT time consuming and might take less time than the time
you use to drop film off and then pick up.
 Who knows what developer they use? How old it is? Etc......really
hard to standardize and get consistency.
 Jobos last forever, as well. 
:) 
Mine is 20 years old and still perfect.
 So, C41, B&W, whatever....your Jobo will do it easily and quickly!

 Best Regards
 Ginny


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Helen Bach"
<helenbach@...> wrote:
>
> Ginny,
> 
> You might like to try Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art as well as those
> already mentioned. As far as I know, it is also sold as Premier Art
> Hot Press – which happens to be available in more sizes. It works well
> with Epson matte black. Clayton's density rankings are based on Eboni
> ink, not Epson MK – I hope that he corrects me if that is wrong.
> 
> I also shoot 6x7 quite a lot, but with a Makina 67, W67 or Mamiya 7 II
> rather than an SLR. TMX/T-Max 100 is my favourite MF B&W film, but I
> also use Tri-X 320. I find Kodak Ultra 100 and Fuji Pro 160S to be
> very useful films for digital B&W prints, with both of them having
> very low graininess and around thirteen stops of usable range (I like
> having detail everywhere on the print, even if it is very subtle).
> Easy to get processed if I'm too busy to develop film – I just drop
> them off at the local one-hour lab, which can develop 120 and 220 C-41
> but not print it - and easy to scan well.
> 
> Best,
> Helen
>