Hi Ken, > -Is hours in the darkroom this still the best way to get > fantastic B&W pics?
Not in my opinion...read on... > -Should I shoot film then use a film scanner to > manipulate and print? IMO, yes. > -Which film? For B&W, I shoot Tri-X and Plus-X. > -Should I shoot digital then use PhotoShop to make it > monochrome? That, IMO, will not produce near as nice an image as film. > -Should I use the same approach for color pics? Not sure of the question...but I only have a strong opinion on B&W. > -Which is the best process to print a B&W digital pic? IMO, Piezography...or at least a quad-tone inkjet printer. > Is there an online service to do so? B&W, not sure. > -I just got the CanoScan 8400f flatbed scanner- will I be > happy with the results? Should I cough-up another $200 > and get the CanoScan 9950f or Epson 4870? No idea. The best B&W results I have seen, has been medium format (or larger) Plus-X developed in D-76 1:1, and Tri-X same development. Scanned (I use a Leafscan 45) and printed using Piezography on an Epson 3000. The results, IMO, are better than I was ever able to achieve printing in the darkroom, and I had a lot of B&W darkroom experience. The ability to use setpoints and tonal curves of the scanned image gives me better images IMO. Regards, Austin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
