For me T400CN was the film of choice once I needed to scan. I used a fair bit
of it and was reasonably pleased. I could never get on with the Ilford
offering, and Portra was not available then.
Gerry
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On 4 Mar 2012, at 17:35, Ken Norton wrote:
> John, of the three, I think the Portra scans the best. It is impossible to
> use in the darkroom, but it is designed for scanning. As to T400CN, it was
> kinda a hybrid in this regard. You can still use it in the darkroom, but
> barely. The portra version is an improvement over T400CN, but there are a
> lot of similarities. XP2 has a more traditional grain structure when
> scanned so sometimes we get alias grain. Personally, I think the extreme
> exposure latitude of XP2 is worth the price of admission.
>
> AG
>
> On Sunday, March 4, 2012, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Can anyone point me to hard or anecdotal evidence about the scanability of
>> C41 process black and white film and in particular Ilford XP2 400 iso,
> Kodak
>> Porta 400BW 400 iso, and Kodak T400CN 400 iso and also whether any one of
>> the three films is a clear leader over the other two.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> jh
>>
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