Best B&W Film For Scanning

[bruce282]

I've got an Epson V700 on the way and was just wondering which of the various B&W films, both 100 and 400 speed, would scan the best in your opinion.

I use a local photo shop to develop the film and they'll pull or push the film if I ask.

Thanks,


Bruce

 

[John Mc]

I dont think it maters about the film,iuse a V350 in college and ive used a few different films,and they all turn out the same. but obviously for lower grain use iso100 or lower. i beleive the scanners capable of transfering film to digital which gives the image a 6mp count.but dont hold me to that,it might be higher or lower.its just an average what i was told in college.

 

[Mike_E]

The C41 B&W is supposed to be pretty good for scanning though I haven't personally tried it.

 

[Josh66]

The C41 B&W is supposed to be pretty good for scanning though I haven't personally tried it.

I've used a lot of Kodak BW400CN (C41 B&W) and liked the results. You should be able to find that at the drug store. Grain is pretty fine for 400 speed film.

I also really like Fuji Neopan SS 100. Hard to find in N. America, but Freestyle has it. For $3 a roll it's a pretty good deal - IMO anyway. I don't think B&H carries it...

Fuji Neopan Acros 100 (not the same as the SS version - Acros has finer grain) is nice too.

I don't think it really matters... Just try a few and see which one you like.

I haven't really encountered a film that 'scans bad' - some are just grainier than others.

 

[Josh66]

i beleive the scanners capable of transfering film to digital which gives the image a 6mp count.but dont hold me to that,it might be higher or lower.its just an average what i was told in college.

It all depens on what resolution you scan at... My scanner goes up to 9600ppi - which is way too large. Something like 50 MP... Obviously, the grain will be more visible at that size, and any focus error, etc will be quite obvious - but it's possible.

I usually scan somewhere between 6400 and 3200ppi - depending on the picture.

 

[djacobox372]

C41 black and white film is the best for scanning, but then it's not really black and white film--might as well shoot color and convert to black and white.

I personally like fuji neopan acros 100 and tmax 400. I also like the fuji SS, as it's super cheap and has very good tonality--but with a lot of grain.

 

[guajero]

I really love the kodak films plus x pan and tri-x. They are pretty awesome.

 

[Ken Rockwell Fan]

Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros

Kodak Tri-X Pan 400

Kodak T-Max P3200

These would be my choices. Tri X 400 is awesome.