Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christopher Williams wrote: > As a long time XP2 user, I have switched to Portra 400 B&W for > scanning > because it gives you a more neutral tone without the color cast with > XP2. For me, scanning is, and probably always will be, a secondary means of producing images. Although I currently do significantly more scanning than printing, I want to retain the option of printing all my negatives in the future -- for when I have a proper darkroom. It's not that I necessarily consider silver prints better thank inkjet prints -- I just like the aesthetics of silver prints more. The Kodak C-41 B&W films which incorporate the orange backing layer, make it easy to obtain prints in a commercial minilab on colour paper, at the expense of printing in the home darkroom on variable contrast paper. While Portra 400 B&W certainly does produce stunning looking 4x6" prints from the minilab, my chief photographic interest doesn't lie in stunning looking 4x6" prints from the minilab. M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html