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Subject: [Leica] Scanning silver halide films - which one scans best? - OT
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon May 17 16:52:45 2004

I've had Tri-X souped in Xtol and Acufine, and I think it does better -
in terms of scanning - in Xtol.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Jeffery Smith
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 5:03 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Scanning silver halide films - which one scans
best? - OT


I have tried HP5+ for scanning (shot at 800 and developed in Ilfotec
DD-X), 
and I find it to be a bit "chalky & sooty". I have been praying that 
someone would develop a home brew for chromogenic B&W films (an
alternative 
to C-41 without all of the temperature restraints), but none has
surfaced.

BD, what do you use to soup the Tri-X? I understand your rationale re:
the 
cart and horse, but the only films I have found easy to scan to date
have 
been chromogenic (but the Agfa 100 shows some real promise).

JLS

At 03:49 PM 5/17/2004, you wrote:
>Not to start a flame war, but it seems to be this is letting the cart 
>decide where the horse should pull it. If one prefers Tri-X to Delta 
>400, figure out how best to scan it, don't just switch films because 
>the other "scans better." I have to say, and I think have before, that 
>I don't get the complaints about scanning tri-x.....
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of

>Jeffery Smith
>Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:44 PM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: [Leica] Scanning silver halide films - which one scans best? -

>OT
>
>
>Practical Photography touts the following three films as being good for
>scanning:
>
>Ilford Delta 400
>
>Agfa 100 APX
>
>Fuji Acros 100
>
>If you use and scan any of these three films successfully (i.e., find 
>that they scan WELL), please email me offlist with which developer you 
>use.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jeffery
>
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Replies: Reply from jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Scanning silver halide films - which one scans best? - OT)
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