Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andre" 
<am1000@v...> wrote:
> 
> The Nikon Coolscan V is an excellent 35mm scanner. The build quality
> is the same as the higher priced Coolscan 5000, and the imaging is
> just as good. Only in dense shadows will the 5000 fare slighly 
better
> and I emphasize slightly.
> 
> The Nikon software that comes with it is also excellent: is has GEM
> for noise/grain reduction and digital ICE for dusting. Others will
> prefer Vuescan. 
> 
> Scans of FP4+ (35mm) when printed at 16"x20" resemble same size 
prints
> from 400 ISO MF films. BTW, I found that FP4+ is about the easiest
> film to scan with this scanner.
> 
> YMMV,
> 
> André Moreau

Thanks, this is what I suspected but being new to the digital end, at 
least for graphics, I thought I should check.

Ehud
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