Digital BW, The Print

hi there, mike.  i have a 9000 rather than an 8000, but the 
principle is the same.  i sometimes use no multi-sampling, 4x 
and, rarely, 16x.  i often use the superfine setting because early 
on i began to believe that doing so gave a result with less 
haloing.  (i may be wrong there... :-)   at any rate, with digital ice 
on fine, superfine scan mode and 16x multi-sampling, on a 6x6 
negative at 16bit grayscale, i don't recall a scan ever taking more 
than 40 minutes.  however, i do no adjustments, grain reduction, 
or any other kind of processing during the scanning process.

ed

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mkitei" 
<mkitei@b...> wrote:
> I just got an 8000, and wanting to see just how fine a superfine 
scan could be, 
> I tried a 16x. I watched the progress window for a while then 
packed a bunch 
> of equipment for a location shoot, watched a little longer then 
went home and 
> had lunch, came back and watched some more, sent a few 
faxes and did 
> some housekeeping. Then I watched some more. The scan 
was excellent. So 
> was the one I got from 4x in a fraction of the time. What settings 
do you use for 
> optimum ( a time vs. quality equasion) results. End use is best 
print I can 
> make. 
> 
> Mike