Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been using the Kodak Professional color process b+w film.. T400CN. Its got nearly no grain and enlarges well. I use Agfa Portriga grade 3 (none of this sissy multi-contrast crap ;) ) and it prints really well. Or you could take it to a 1 hour photo and have them enlarge it on color paper. Its an inexpensive way to get into B+W photography. - -Mark - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Adam Bridge Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 3:15 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] B&W with no darkroom I'd like to explore B&W with my Leica but I have no dark room and, I have to admit, really no interest in having one. What's the alternative? I guess I could process my own film, that doesn't really take a darkroom does it and then scan the negatives into photoshop. Can I reliably send out B&W to a lab? What sort of film scanner should I be looking for given that I'm a novice. I have a Mac G4/450/MP that is my video editing system so I have tons of horsepower and about 200 GB of disk along with lots of archival storage, the least of which is CD-RW. So storing and managing images isn't an issue. I'd love recommendations about how to procede. I'd like to become good enough to make a quality B&W image. I plan on doing most of my color work with a digital camera at this point. Thank you, Adam Bridge