Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 400 B&W
From: Rolfe Tessem <rolfe@ldp.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 11:16:46 -0500
References: <37.23fe63af.29bb887d@aol.com>

SthRosner@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/9/02 10:31:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> victor6@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> 
>>Are there any 400 speed B&W films that are easier to
>> scan than others?  Is the conventional wisdom to avoid
>> t-grain films if scanning is involved?
>> 
>>
> I'm laughing to myself because the reason the LUG has not seen any of my work 
> is that I don't have a scanner. Hopefully that's coming. To the question, I 
> am informed by experienced people whose opinions I value that one of the 
> great advantages of the chromogenic b+w films is that they scan very well, 
> better than silver-based films.


The traditional films scan fine, but the ICE or other proprietary dust 
removal software based on infra-red does not work. ICE works fine on the 
chromogenic films, which is why some people prefer them if scanning is 
going to be the end result.


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