I'm very new to b/w photography, and I am captivated
by how b/w images seem to portray so much more than
color images. Perhaps the colors in a color photo are
too distracting for me. :) I used to swear by Velvia,
but now I think Tri-X is simply wonderful. I got a
couple of rolls of Plus-X, hoping to try them out
soon.
I was thinking in the near future, b/w prints from
color paper may be just the way to go for novice b/w
photographers like me. Like you mentioned, real b/w
may be just too expensive to encourage newbies to
explore in this area.
Kelvin
--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Depending on where you are, commercial black and
> white ptinting
> on real black and white paper my not be available at
> all. In
> Canada, and probably the US, PolyMax RA is the "B&W"
> paper used
> in the commercial labs. It is an RA-4 dye image
> paper of rather
> poor life expectancy.
> If you want real black and white, either learn how
> to do it
> yourself, or seek out a specialist and be prepared
> to pay for
> the service, it won't be cheap.
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