Digital BW, The Print

Steve:

I said that.  What I meant was that the Nikon software that comes 
with the 4000 arbitrarily refuses to place any value within 
approximately the 90-100% (or 0-25 on a 256 scale) range.  Nikon 
supposedly has a rationale for this, but I don't buy it.  As far as I 
can tell, the effect is to bunch up all the values that would 
naturally fall in the proscribed range at around 90.  Sometimes an 
image will tolerate this, and so I use the Nikon software.  Sometimes 
it won't, and so I use Vuescan.  In general, the situation is less 
than totally satisfactory.  However, like all this stuff, it works 
well enough, and will, I'm sure, improve over time.

Chuck

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Kobrin 
<skobrin@h...>" <skobrin@h...> wrote:
> Somewhere in the midst of the torrent of posts about ever getting a 
> simple B&W print, someone noted that Nikon software compresses the 
> tonal range vis-a-vis Vuescan.  I scan with a Nikon LS-2000 using 
> Nikon software and would like to hear more about this topic.  (I 
must 
> say I am even more confused about optimal scanning resolution after 
> the last few days -- I typically scan at either 360 or 400.)  I 
look 
> at scanning as a means to get as much information from the negative 
> into PS as possible and if Vuescan will pull more out of the 
> negative, I would be willing to give it a try.  Any comments 
> appreciated.
> 
> Steve