Digital BW, The Print

Hi Scott,

So hard to read people's mood via text sometimes -- glad I had it 
wrong =)

Please let me know how you get along with the Nikon. I'm planning on 
a 9000ED once the dust has settled after my impending house move 
(that and a second printer for B&W work) but it would be good to 
hear some feedback from users who are particular interested in the 
quality of the B&W scans. My old LS-30 was pretty good in that 
regard, and I understand that the light source in the 8000 and 9000 
is more diffuse, so I'm hoping for a good result. The 4870 seems 
like a good device to have alongside, as it's relatively cheap and I 
don't have anything at all for scanning prints at the mo. Any good 
film scanning results will be a bonus.

-= mike =-

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Graham" 
<gebilwil@n...> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> Not irritated here.  so good at it that I sound like it some other 
times too though.  Sorry.
> 
> I will be running a Nikon on B&W later this week and sure hope 
that I am right.  All my 
> comments all come from a darkroom.  On the other hand I am a nit 
for detail and 
> sharpness so maybe I won't be able to tell.
> 
> 
> :~)
> 
> 
> I still think the 3200 is a fine scanner, but only know from a 
expert friend's --- In 
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mike_nunan" 
<mike_nunan@h...> 
> wrote:
> > Hi Scott,
> > 
> > Sorry if I irritated you somehow, but I returned the scanner for 
this 
> > reason:
> > 
> > > the lack of gain/exposure control in the hardware plus 
absysmal 
> > colour accuracy
> > > led me to return my 3200 within a month of purchasing it.
> > 
> > It may be a fine scanner in some respects, but I found it very 
hit-
> > and-miss and the exposure control issue was a huge bugbear (does 
> > anyone know if that has been fixed in the 4870??)
> > 
> > I also found it impossible to compensate for the extreme 
hardness of 
> > Minolta B&W scans by post-scan treatment. It's not just a matter 
of