Digital BW, The Print

Two quick requests for pointers...

Grateful for any knowledge you can share. 

1.  Can anyone recommend a Photoshop list/group that's as kind and gentle 
as 
this list?

I'm not a rank newbie---layer masks are not a mystery to me, for 
example---but I'm certainly still scratching my head more often than I'd 
like.

2.  Is there a good film scanner list out there?  The Tony Sleep list 
seems to have gone to sleep.  I've just inherited a Minolta Multi-Scan 
Dual and 
I'm keen to read the archives of a list to help get me scanning B&W well 
sooner than I would on my own.

Appreciate any pointers to good groups.

Cheers, 

Houston
..in Paris, where spring is finally living up to the fantasy




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