Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good points, Martin. I suppose what I am looking for is "that 60s look" and I am old enough to have taken a boat load of pictures in the 60s. But what I am also looking for is the high speed black and white film that, when scanned and printed on the Epson 750, will give me the "least digital" result... B. D. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Martin > Howard > Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 5:01 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W Scanning > > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > > > I'm looking for thoughts regarding the best film for B&W scanning... > > > > Any thoughts? > > Yeah: "Best" in what respect? Isn't it the same as why > people use different > films for wet darkroom use? Different looks? Different properties? > > If I had the time and equipment, it'd be interesting to do a > comparison > study. Not quantitative, but qualitative. Expose a bunch of > different > films, develop them according to manufacturers' > recommendations, scan them > and see what the qualitative differences are. > > Tri-X in Leica glass is a very good way of capturing that 60s > look, I'm > told (I didn't take too many pictures myself in the 60s ;) > I'm guessing > that you'd get similar differences if you printed XP-2 Super > as you are now. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | What boots up must come down. > email: howard.390@osu.edu | > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ > +--------------------------------------- >