Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for your answer. I have both 35mm and medium-format(6x7) and I have
asked for price on such scanner and it was too much for me as a beginner I
think. I have looked at the Minolta 5600 and it looked to be a good choice.
However, a friend of mine recommends Epson 3200 because I could use it for
negative up to 6x9. I am a little skeptic to this. I have heard that
flatbed-scanners are no good for scanning neg/dia. Have anyone comments on
that. It would be very hand if the Epson is usable, but I have no clue.

-Ulf Widen



Hello Ulf,

>I am a beginner in using digital media in photography. I do have 
>a lot of B/W-negative from late 60's to now. I have mainly used 
>Tri-X, HP5, FP4 and Pan F.

>Is it possible to get decent prints from scanned negative 

Yes!  


>and which >scanner is recommended for B/W. 

Best results will come from a film scanner, not a flatbed.  You didn't
say what format.  For 35mm, 2700 dpi scanners are around $200-300
(Minolta).  4000dpi scanners are around $500 I think (Canon, Nikon). 
The newest Minolta 5400dpi is around $750 (I have one of these, it's
great).

For medium format, 4000 dpi scanners start at around $1700 for the
discontinued Nikon 8000, and about $2700 for the latest model.

Take all these prices with a grain of salt.  Things change constantly,
but it should give you an idea.



>I also would appreciate a recommendation of printer.

Lots of choices here.  I'll leave that to other forum members.


Welcome to the Forum!

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm



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