Digital BW, The Print

Todd,

In silverfast there is a button to check for HDR output. If checked, 
Silverfast adjusts the output so that it is very light. With the 
button unchecked the output is dark like most RAW scans. On problem 
negs I scan twice, but not always in RAW mode. Sometimes I will scan 
for the highlights and adjust them as a Grayscale or RGB TIF file and 
not a RAw file.

I guess I was trying to inlcude too much info in too little space and 
without enough explanation.

For Carolyn, yes even a 5 year old drum scanner will produce reults 
that exceed the Flextite. Do not get me wrong, they are great 
scanners, but they are CCD scanners and not PMT based. As I said if 
you enlarge a scan in photoshop and enlarge 200% or so, you will see 
that the drum scan will be sharper with greater dynamic range. I 
could not see spending 12-15,000 on a Flextight when I could be a 
drum scanner for half the price that was in as new conddition.

Regards
Mike