Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]one potential downside is that your processor might be giving back really schmutzy C41 negatives... i used portra B&W for a little while before i set up my darkroom and was horrified at the amount of schmutz and scratches all over my negs when i scanned them in. they looked like they had been using them to sweep the floors. and this was time-life labs, a pretty decent lab. for whatever reason, the silver negs were always clean. i think one reason chromogenics are easier to scan is that they are relatively flat and have a long scale. - -rei On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:48:28PM -0500, Frank Farmer wrote: > Phong, > > I've heard that Kodak Portra B&W film (C-41) scans nicely. I have never scanned anything so I can't say that from experience. However, I've heard a number of folks on this and other lists say that it works well. Just FYI. > > Frank > > -------Original Message------- > From: Phong <phong@doan-ltd.com> > Sent: 09/08/03 11:53 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Film for B&W digital printing ? > > > > > I am seeking recommendations for 400 ISO. the final > product is B&W digital prints (i.e. the film will be > scanned), mostly portraits. > > Things that I am looking for in the final prints, in more or less > decreasing importance: > - great tonality - black blacks, white whites and everything in between > Shadow details are important to me. Having white whites is less > important > than having black blacks. > - high resolution is of course good, but I am not looking for the ultimate > highest resolution. > - grain. Well sometimes I want it, some times I don't want it, though I > could > probably live without it, if I must. Let's say I tolerate some grain, > and > also want the avoid the proverbial golf-sized ones. > - If B&W, ease of home processing (i.e. somewhat tolerant) > - smae emulsion available in 35mm and in 220 roll film > - Bonus: if same film (i.e. producing more or less the same look in the > final prints) is available in 100 ISO or lower, or ISO 1600 or higher. > > Is there any benefits to using B&W film vs color for scanning ? > > Which is easier to scan slides (E6), color negatives (C41), > or the various B&W films ? > > Is there any advantage to using C-41 B&W film ? > > Thanks, > > - Phong > > NO ARCHIVE > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html