Response to Photo film history in the last 20 years

Well.... as I reacquaint myself with the general processes, it seems sane to begin with what I know best: 120 roll film in the forms of Plus-X, FP-4, Tri-X, HP-5, Panatomic-X, Pan-F in that order. I'll begin with good ole D-76 and my old favorite: Acufine. Once I have reestablished my sea legs (I've spend months designing & outfitting my darkroom for the purpose) then I will venture in several different directions. 4x5 format (entirely new to me) a subset of which will be the various orthochromatic emulsions available -which have always interested me, anachronist that I am. This, of course leads me back to 120, into 35mm, as well as 4x5. Many of the ortho films are high contrast, and in a separate thread I've been picking brains as to continuous tone developers -- which leads me to hand-mixing developers from scratch. Both ortho and 4x5 ALSO lead me to another anachronistic area -- that of outdated film - also brought up in a separate thread - regarding base fog. Working with 4x5 Ansco SuperPan has long been a dream which now I can realize. All this said, I am receptive to the challenging & interesting commentary provided by Mr. Kaufman. Yeah, I love old stuff, old processes, but I AM on the internet with a particularly modern Macintosh computer. Point is, I can enjoy a synthesis of the old & the new, best of both. I doubt I've EVER make a photo print larger than 11 x 14 again. My large format scanner and printer are just too good to warrant it. Combining the two technologies simply maximizes control, and that's what I'm going for. To conclude, I have now purchased some 120 T-Max film to go with my hefty stockpile of my old faves. I'm well-stocked in excellent Kodak & Ilford printing papers. I'm still researching archival inkjet photo paper and archival inks for my printer. In my world, past, present, and future will coexist in harmony! Anyone else doing this kind of combo? --Doc.

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