Wow! Overwhelmed by the response.(posted 8423 days ago)Well, as for my setup: I'm shooting 35mm exclusively (unless I suddenly inherit a medium-format camera from somewhere), and my main target is scanning, since I don't really have anywhere to print (no darkroom or enlarger). I had access to a very very nice konica film scanner and a flextight at work (no more :<( ). My experience was that even with slower films like TMX and FP4 (that's the 125, correct?) I'd still have visible grain showing in the scan, very apparent. Grr!
So, my target is scanning and not any form of paper - I guess you could say I'm looking for film/dev combos that "scan well". I figure that anything I shoot is going to need all sorts of fixing with photoshop since I won't have the ability or the money to pay some B&W lab for test prints and then have them dodge/burn to my specifications. I do have an epson photo printer and will probably purchase a good film scanner soon if I don't get access to one somewhere.
Does this info help anything? Honestly, guys and gals, 100 different answers is fine! I'm just an amateur and I am looking for experienced opinion. Whatever you've experienced to be a good combination will go into my cookbook instead of me wasting $'s I don't have and chemically destroying films I like the pictures on in the process.
Thanks again....
Idan