Hi Elias,I tried the Ilford XP something some years ago and was underwhelmed. Besides, I would guess that the longevity is nowhere near a true silver halide film. (that would call for a new thread if you want to go there...)
As long as I'm shooting B&W, I want to shoot B&W. I have abotu 10 more rolls of Kodachrome to use up before it's officially dead, that's been my colour mainstay.
Since I scan only for Flickr (and seldomly), there is no conversion to grayscale in the darkroom (tried that too, printing B&W from colour negs, another disappointing experience), meaning I'd prefer to stay in the B&W domain from start to finish.
Thanks for hte suggestions though. Thor On 1. nov.. 2009, at 03.08, Elias Roustom wrote:
In one sentence, you develop b&w film yourself, or you stick withchromagene (sp?) b&w films like the Ilford XP400, developed in C41 process.Shipping conventional b&w film for a mediocre "average" development procedure is just not worth while.If you find a lab that will work with you, there are many ways in which your shooting and their processing can be synchronized for optimal results. XP is great stuff if you can't find a lab you can work with - but the hybrid way film is used today, why even use chromogenic films - good color negative films are cheaper, more versatile, and conversion of the color scans to grayscale is easy.E. --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe'in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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