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Subject: [Leica] Diafine anyone? Now Nikon scanner
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Tue Jul 24 07:41:31 2007
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Hoppy,
The Nikon light source is problematic with B&W film.  I've read that the 
digital ice thing should not be used with B&W film, if that makes any sense 
to the Nikon users out there.
chris

At 11:45 PM 7/23/2007, you wrote:
>Hoppy wrote:
>Phil, sorry if it is a diversion from your thread. I haven't used that
>developer.
>How are you scanning? Your pics are very smooth. Cute doggie of the handbag
>kind!
>My Nikon scanner is savage on bw film no matter what I try (apparent grain
>from anti-aliasing, I think).
>===============================
>
>Hoppy, I scanned these with an Epson 3170 flatbed.  It's very smooth with
>BW, probably because it uses a cold light source.  Not so great with color
>because of limited Dmax.  The (small) print I made for the dog's owner
>looked great.  I've heard other people complain about the Nikon scanners
>with BW, for the same reason.
>
>Diafine is an interesting developer.  It's a two solution developer.  The
>first bath is hydroquinone, for 3 minutes, without concern for temperature,
>emulsion type or EI.  The second bath is the activator (sodium sulfite),
>also for 3 min.  This was my first try so I'm not ready to jump on the
>bandwagon yet but I was pretty happy with the results.  If you go to Flickr
>and search on Diafine as a keyword you can see what others have done with
>it.  Some users find it grainy but with Plus-X that doesn't seem to be a
>problem.  I'll probably try it with Tri-X sooner or later but I don't shoot
>a lot of film.
>
>--
>Phil Swango
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