+1; I shoot a lot of Tri-X and it’s a joy to scan. I use a better-scanning tray with anti-newton glass plate to hold the film flat but Tri-X doesn’t actually need that. In my experience, the absolute worst film for curling was Lucky—I put it in the scanning tray, laid the glass plate on top and then had to tape tthe glass down to the tray to get (sort of) flat. Terrible stuff!Fomapan is the worst. Bergger Pancro 400 is almost as bad.
FP4 dries very flat, and the Delta films dry quite flat, with D100 being slightly better than D400.
TMY/TMX dries perfectly flat, with Tri-X a very close second.
I don't care one whit about curling or coiling as long as the film doesn't cup.
I've had Foma do both and why I always use a two sided glass carrier in my Nikon LS8000 scanner. I hate having those extra glass surfaces to keep clean, but have no other choice other than wet scanning. Yes, I'm seriously looking into wet scanning setups for both the Nikon and my Epson flatbed.I don't care one whit about curling or coiling as long as the film doesn't cup.
Any recommendations for the thickest 120 b+w film would be appreciated
Surprised people are saying their Tri-X dries flat... all the stuff I've shot in the past few years bows noticeably from edge to edge. Even in my scanning holders.
Admittedly it is all aged/expired stuff, some retail rolls, some bulk rolled, so I'm not sure if that's a factor. Then again, much of the Pan F, Delta and TMax I've shot recently is similarly old, and has dried far, far flatter.
"bulk rolled". the question was about 120 films...
Similar issues with Tri X between 35mm and 120 - it's the same emulsion and film at the end of the day, yeah? Curling seems more pronounced in 35mm generally, yes, but it's still noticeable in 120 too. And more problematic in DSLR scanning if you can't tension/hold the film properly flat.
Again, they're old rolls, 20-30 years old in some cases, so I don't know what effect age has on the curling vs the film itself. I don't particularly like the look of Tri X so I've never been terribly motivated to buy it fresh to compare, somehow old rolls keep finding their way into my life through other purchases.
All my film gets dried the same way (hanging vertically off bulldog clips both ends in the shower) and other emulsions just seem less affected. I've read plenty of posts over the years of people complaining about Tri X curling like mad, hence my surprise at people discussing the opposite.
I can recommend Kentmere 200. Dries more flat than the other Kentmeres. Maybe the base is different, maybe it is just because the film rolls are very new.
I've also not had problems with the 120 curling...but i'm using current films....
I've had Foma do both and why I always use a two sided glass carrier in my Nikon LS8000 scanner. I hate having those extra glass surfaces to keep clean, but have no other choice other than wet scanning. Yes, I'm seriously looking into wet scanning setups for both the Nikon and my Epson flatbed.
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