Digital BW, The Print

Ken writes:

> Anthony, what scanner and scanner software are you
> using to scan your portra 400bw?  nice results!

The scanner is a Nikon LS-8000ED, and I just use the standard NikonScan
3.1.2 software that came with it.

Although it's a bit OT, I have an example of a color scan from 35mm Velvia
at

http://www.mxsmanic.com/VelviaScan.jpg (warning: 2.2 MB!)

The scanner may not be a drum scanner, but it sure does a nice job!  (How
much better could a drum scan be??)  I understand that the LS-4000ED is
pratically identical, except that it doesn't scan MF, but I've never tried
it (my older scanners are the LS-30 and the LS-2000; I still use the latter,
mostly for high-speed negative films).