Digital BW, The Print

At 10:51 AM 12/9/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a problem scanning a 8x10 negative: Andreas Weidner, a large
>format photographer I adore, has published a book about fine art
>photography that contains both an 8x10 inch negative (BW) and a
>(conventional FB) print of it. The idea is to print the negative and
>compare the result with Andreas' print in order to improve ones
>darkroom skills.
>
>I tried it digitally. I scanned both the negative and positive with
>my brand new Epson 3200 scanner, using Silverfast software. The
>positivescans well, and the printed version of it looks very fine and
>similar to the original. However, if  I try to scan the negative, the
>resulting scan looks terrible. Especially the light parts of the
>negative show strong stripes of different density. Even very
>homogeneous grey fields in the negative do. I have no idea where this
>comes from. I tried to scan my negs (4x5, on a different film), and I
>did not have any problems. I have no idea of the film type of 8x10
>negative.
>
>Any ideas how I can avoid this?
>
>Thanks a lot for your help,
>Ernst

Ernst,

I'm puzzled - the 3200 scanner can only cover a 4.5 in. wide strip of film. 
How can it scan 8 x 10?

AZ
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