Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Film for B&W digital printing ?
From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:20:23 -0400
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one potential downside is that your processor might be giving back
really schmutzy C41 negatives... i used portra B&W for a little while
before i set up my darkroom and was horrified at the amount of schmutz 
and scratches all over my negs when i scanned them in.  they looked 
like they had been using them to sweep the floors.  and this was 
time-life labs, a pretty decent lab.  for whatever reason, the silver negs 
were always clean.

i think one reason chromogenics are easier to scan is that they are
relatively flat and have a long scale.

- -rei

On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:48:28PM -0500, Frank Farmer wrote:
> Phong,
> 
> I've heard that Kodak Portra B&W film (C-41) scans nicely.  I have never scanned anything so I can't say that from experience.  However, I've heard a number of folks on this and other lists say that it works well.  Just FYI.
> 
> Frank
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Phong <phong@doan-ltd.com>
> Sent: 09/08/03 11:53 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Film for B&W digital printing  ?
> 
> > 
> > I am seeking recommendations for 400 ISO.  the final
> product is B&W digital prints (i.e. the film will be
> scanned), mostly portraits.
> 
> Things that I am looking for in the final prints, in more or less
> decreasing importance:
> - great tonality - black blacks, white whites and everything in between
>   Shadow details are important to me.  Having white whites is less
> important
>   than having black blacks.
> - high resolution is of course good, but I am not looking for the ultimate
>   highest resolution.
> - grain.  Well sometimes I want it, some times I don't want it, though I
> could
>   probably live without it, if I must.  Let's say I tolerate some grain,
> and
>   also want the avoid the proverbial golf-sized ones.
> - If B&W, ease of home processing (i.e. somewhat tolerant)
> - smae emulsion available in 35mm and in 220 roll film
> - Bonus: if same film (i.e. producing more or less the same look in the
>   final prints) is available in 100 ISO or lower, or ISO 1600 or higher.
> 
> Is there any benefits to using B&W film vs color for scanning ?
> 
> Which is easier to scan slides (E6), color negatives (C41),
> or the various B&W films ?
> 
> Is there any advantage to using C-41 B&W film ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Phong
> 
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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey

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