hlockwood Posted May 5, 2007 Share #41 Â Posted May 5, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) After comparing Kodak BW400 CN with Ilford XP2 400, I've settled on XP2 rated at ISO 320, followed by scanning with the Nikon 4000ED. Grain is excellent and the availability of digital ICE was an important factor. Â Harry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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seaninsurrey Posted May 5, 2007 Share #42 Â Posted May 5, 2007 Sorry to go off thread a bit, which film do you find is best for scanning? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted May 5, 2007 Share #43 Â Posted May 5, 2007 I scan in colour and post process, that way I can use B&W "filters" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted May 6, 2007 Share #44 Â Posted May 6, 2007 Jan, where is this image posted ? Â International...German Forum ? Â A lovely capture. Â Azzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted May 6, 2007 Share #45 Â Posted May 6, 2007 Sean, it will be a far easier learning curve with colour film, and the film clean up programmes in the scan software will help a lot too. I guess because you are photographing the neg, it isnt like the enlarger days where things wre pretty robust, yu really do need to keep your hands off things and get the dust situations under control. All the scannners are absolute crap in this regard, with the slide tray moving in and out of the machine carrying whatever in with it. Â Dont worry about film types no one will ever work out what you use, once you learn your image editing. Some films might start with a certain flavour, and I guess you get used to that look and post that way. Hence a film builing a reputation. But for web posting? It wont be till you print large that you really have to work stuff out. People uploading mega files onto the web for 900xpixel images are usually just being anal. Â Just a case of getting used to your routines and learning what makes what and how it presents. I guess the benchmark is looking at Allan Brewers uploads for straight up quality, he gets pro scans from good film stock before limited editing, and look at Rolos and several others stuff for artistic manipulation within standard or normal people:o presentaion. Â You will nail it quickly for web posting....Printing?...God what a drama. I am thinking of dragging out an enlarger for B&W:D. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted May 6, 2007 Share #46 Â Posted May 6, 2007 On thread....Silver Bullet, even though I load it into any old can I scab up from the minilabs:D . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoskeptic Posted May 6, 2007 Share #47 Â Posted May 6, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sean, to answer your query about scanning - I find Delta 100 to scan best of all the others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matiasgd Posted May 6, 2007 Share #48  Posted May 6, 2007 My Preferences  Kodak TMX400 Kodak Tri-X Fuji Acros100 Efke 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaninsurrey Posted May 6, 2007 Share #49 Â Posted May 6, 2007 You will nail it quickly for web posting....Printing?...God what a drama. I am thinking of dragging out an enlarger for B&W:D. Â Oh-oh, Printing....that's exactly why I bought the Nikon Coolscan V! Hope to be able to print from my scans one day (when I can afford a decent A3 printer). What sort of problems have you experienced? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertnl Posted May 6, 2007 Share #50  Posted May 6, 2007 In the Leica my favourite is TX, in my Hasselblad I prefer Delta 100pro. This may sound a little paradoxical, but I like 35mm pictures to have a haptic quality whereas in 2¼ I go for detail. Best regards, Norbert  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telewatt Posted May 6, 2007 Share #51  Posted May 6, 2007 Jan, where is this image posted ? International...German Forum ?  A lovely capture.  Azzo  If you mean "the Bridge" it is here # 38  regards, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlockwood Posted May 6, 2007 Share #52 Â Posted May 6, 2007 Ilford XP2Plus, from 50 to 800 Asa. Could you expand on how you manage that large range? Â Harry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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