Black and white

[ROY]

I have always been a color photographer but want to try to shoot black and
white. Any suggestions for film stock to use? Any suggestions on exposure
etc. I need to have a base to start with. Thanks all!

[John O.]

In article <M24Ta.94058$hV.6868156@twister.austin.rr.com>,
[email]kuntzjr@excite.com[/email] says...

> I have always been a color photographer but want to try to shoot black and
> white. Any suggestions for film stock to use? Any suggestions on exposure
> etc. I need to have a base to start with. Thanks all!
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I like Ilford and T-Max films. If you can get a good exposure on color,
you can get a good exposure on B&W. Same basic rules apply.


--
John O.
There is no slack in light attack.

[M. Strobel]

ROY wrote:

> I have always been a color photographer but want to try to shoot black and
> white. Any suggestions for film stock to use? Any suggestions on exposure
> etc. I need to have a base to start with. Thanks all!

B&W is very good for the do-it-yourselfer. You can achieve a lot with
very little machinery/chemistry.

First: develop the films yourself. If you do not want to, buy a b&w film
for the C-41 process - XP2 is often mentioned for this purpose.

Max

[Anthony]

Roy:Use Tri-X film and find this developer,Edwal FG-7,Regards,Anthony
"ROY" <kuntzjr@excite.com> wrote in message
news:M24Ta.94058$hV.6868156@twister.austin.rr.com. ..

> I have always been a color photographer but want to try to shoot black and
> white. Any suggestions for film stock to use? Any suggestions on exposure
> etc. I need to have a base to start with. Thanks all!
>
>
>
>

[Mombo]

I'm trying to reproduce some of the prints I made from film in B&W. I've
scanned the negs but I'm not getting the depth and full tonal range of what
I have done with photo paper ( I had 9 stops or zones before). The scans
files are TIFF and about 18MB in size (they seem to have the full tonal
range on the screen). Should I make the prints a duotone using black or a
dark grey as the second color?
I'm using a HP DeskJet 5550 with the photo cartridge (I tried it with the
black cartridge also).
Thanks for your help
John

[Beowulf]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 00:35:40 -0500, ROY wrote:

> I have always been a color photographer but want to try to shoot black
> and white. Any suggestions for film stock to use? Any suggestions on
> exposure etc. I need to have a base to start with. Thanks all!

I use Ilford Delta Professional film, 400 or 3200 speed. Many
professionals swear by the 3200 which I love-- especially if you use the
3200 but shoot it at 800.