Originally Posted by
Mark Sampson
Generally, the reason people used to shoot b/w reversal was to make 35mm slides for projection. Now I suppose people scan b/w positives, but I don't know what (if any) the advantages of that might be. Enlarging b/w positives to make prints could be done, but it's certainly going the long way around. If you want b/w slides, it would be easier just to shoot negatives in the camera and then copy them in a slide-duplicating setup. We used to use Kodak's Fine Grain Release Positive 5302 film for that purpose- although that film must be long discontinued, there are likely films available in the cinema world meant to do the same thing. A good b/w transparency can be a lovely thing to see- best of luck!
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