Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 3/29/2010 10:05 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > I lvoe Tri X but cannot process it myself and find it increasingly > expensive > to have it done. The C41s can be done anywhere by anybody and put on disk. > That's why I'm asking people's opinions. > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Ken Carney<kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > > >> >> The Kodak C41 film scans very well, and that is a good thing because it >> will not last that long as a film negative. Plus, you can use digital ICE >> with the C41 films. I never had much luck printing either the Kodak or >> Ilford C41 films in the darkroom. That is TriX etc. territory. If I had >> to go back to film, I would try Kodak C41 if available and a pro lab to >> process. Remember that if circumstances permit you can bracket ISO's with >> these films and likely come up with something you will like. >> >> Ken Carney >> Oklahoma City, Oklahoma >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Someone has probably covered this but you don't need a darkroom to process TriX, if that is the impediment. But if you are only scanning and not printing in the darkroom, you will likely prefer 400CN. Those CD's the labs give you are pretty poor but usable as a digital contact sheet. Ken Carney Oklahoma City, Oklahoma