Digital BW, The Print

Saturday, December 20, 2003, 3:11:43 PM, you wrote:

s> I have the Nikon Coolscan IV version 3.1.2 (driver)
s> I'm using a PC with Windows XP.
s> Digital ICE is turned OFF.

s> My problem is when scanning black & white negatives the scans come 
s> out with a dark band (as much as a 1cm width when viewing the 
s> preview images) that spills from the outer edge onto both short ends
s> of the frame, as if too much light was reaching that part of the 
s> frame or something.  

s> I am choosing Monochrome Neg and Grayscale when scanning.  The dark
s> bands appear in the small          s, previews, and actual scans.  

s> As I crop when I shoot, the edges of my images are very important to
s> me.  I cannot afford to crop out this darkened edge.

s> This problem does not happen with slides or color negative film.

s> Can anyone help?

Not directly since I think NikonScan is a POS and I use Vuescan for my
LS-4000 and when I help to set up and run my friend's LS-IV. Try it.
It works great for B&W negs with these Nikon scanners.  And I find
MUCH better for color neg and chromes too.

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Best regards,
 Richard                            mailto:richard@...