Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Thomas, From my experience, most scanners do not deal very well with dense film--which means underexposed or underdeveloped transparency film or overexposed/overdeveloped negative film. For that reason, you should aim for slightly thinner negatives if the main intent is to scan them (as opposed to printing in a traditional enlarger). As for developers and films, everyone has his own preferences, but FWIW mine are: Slow film: Fuji Acros 100, developed in XTOL 1+3 Medium film: Tri-X, developed in XTOL 1+1 or 1+3 Fast film: Fuji Neopan 1600, developed in XTOL 1+1 Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jan 9, 2009, at 9:05 PM, Thomas Irving wrote: > Thank you all for the advice and the warm welcome! I'm sure its the > circuit board. I'll check out the suggested repair folks and get it > fixed. I've been doing digital (Canon stuff) the last 5 years ago > but am realizing that I really prefer black and white. So I'm > dusting off my m3 and m6 plus my 1960's vintage lenses. I've shot > XP2 and was reasonably pleased with the results but I am also going > to try going back to good old TriX and D76 at least initially. > > Has anyone any advice for exposing & developing B&W for scanning (as > opposed to enlarging?). I've seen oblique references to wanting to > do things a bit differently for scanning. Any film/developer > combinations people were particularly pleased with would also be > useful to know. I've been enjoying reading "The Film Developing > Cookbook: by Anchell & Troop. All sorts of interesting info but they > didn't seem to address this issue directly. > > -- > Thanks, > > Tom Irving > > Professor of Biology and Physics, > Director Biophysics Collaborative Access Team (BioCAT) > Director Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and > Instrumentation (CSRRI) Dept. BCPS, Illinois Institute of Technology > 3101 S. Dearborn, Chicago IL. 60616, USA > (312) 567-3489 FAX: (312)567-3494 > email:irving@agni.phys.iit.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information