Digital BW, The Print

> John,
> 
> Find someone with a flat-bed scanner and get them to scan a 
> negative. You may be surprised that it is plenty good. A 
> handful of drum scans cost as much as a scanner. Check out 
> the 2450 review on my web page. The $$ trade-off makes the 
> difference in quality seem less important. I'll wager only 
> you and a loupe will see the difference in a print. 
> 
> 
> AZ

Alan,

This has not been my experience.  My drum scanner pulls details out of a
neg that NO flatbed can and the differnce is obvious in the prints.
Using the time tested method of dragging my poor wife in the studio and
doing the 'which print do you like better' thing (same image scanned on
the drum and a Nikon 8000 or Sprintscan 120 then printed).  She picks
prints from the drum 99% of time.  She can't always articulate why she
likes them better, she just does.

Lawrence