Digital BW, The Print

Martin,
Iuse an ss4000 /trix and I've tried Vuescan and silverfast. Silverfast has a
lot of operational advantages, especially the histogram in th epreview. BUT
the outputon black and white negs in raw mode stinks. Posterisation, no
shadow detail etc . Vuescan (in raw mode) gives much smoother results, but
is a pain in the rear if you want to get as full a histo as possible at the
scanner stage. I use Vuescan .

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Recommendation for scanning BW negs


> Andy,
>
> The SS4000 I had resolved the grain of Tmax 400 negatives so I would
> think that it would work well for Tri-X. No experience scanning XP2
> but it did well with color negatives.
>
> You might like Silverfast, which comes bundled with the SS4000.
>
> Common thought is to scan the negatives in raw mode as a transparency
> at the scanner's native optical resolution (4000dpi in this case) and
> then manipulate the image in Photoshop. Inversions from positive to
> negative will not degrade the image. If your end result is to be a
> negative you will still want to work with the image as a positive to
> assess the results of your manipulations and then invert at the end
> of the workflow.
>
> Martin Wesley
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., shashinka@a... wrote:
> > Before I do it, can anyone comment on success from Tri-X BW or
> llford XP2 on
> > the Polaroid SS4000?  If so, which software did the job best and if
> I'm
> > outputting to a negative, should I scan as a positive?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andy Darlow
>
>
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