Re: [Leica] Film for B&W digital printing ?

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Phong

As you may realize, I know nowt about digital scanning, but
I would imagine that a silver image should be easier to scan
than a dye and silver image such as Kodachrome.  Are scanners
set up to primarily scan color negatives?  If so, then a B&W C41
would be the film of choice.

Phong wrote:

> Hi Jerry,
>
> Tri-X in fact is what I used when I shot more
> B&W several years ago, and still do occasionally.
> (Just bought a five pack yesterday).  I don't know
> how well it scans compared to other films to produce
> the desired work.
>
> Putting it anotherway, given my intentions, would I be
> better off using and scanning Tri-X, or is there
> another film (B&W, color negatives, slides, anything)
> that scans easier and produce more or less the same results ?
>
> I should have put ease of scanning on my list, at or
> near the top.  My intention is to not use traditional,
> chemical enlarging and printing process.
>
> Thanks,
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
> Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> > I would say Tri-X for your specific requirements.  But it sounds
> > like the obvious choice to me, that I can't imagine that you have
> > not used it already.
> >
> > Jerry
>
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