Digital BW, The Print

Digital Ice isn't critical if you maintain a relatively clean
workspace, good handling and storage, and blow lots of cans of
compressed air... however you do need Photoshop 7 or CS or Elements 3
for the wonderful "healing brush." 

If you have amateur-grade camera optics or moderate-priced zoom lenses
(eg typical 50 lines per mm), they will probably be the choke point
more than the scanner.

At 11X14 I doubt anybody can discern Nikon V Vs mere Epson 3200 (I
have one, love it), much less 4870 and maybe 4990 in 98% of photos.
Where the pre-4990s such as mine are probably weaker than the new
Nikons is D-Max...nobody's reported yet. On the other hand, the Epsons
are faster, more versatile, and have less focus problems.
 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Keenan
<ausdlk@s...> wrote:
> Oh yes, Digital ICE is essential if you ever plan scanning color.
Don't get a scanner without it. 
> 
> It does nothing for black & white negs however. That's a bummer...
> 
> I must admit that I'm interested in the forthcoming Epson 4990
flatbed scanner. Being able to scan an entire roll of 36 (maybe it's
30) at once has a definite appeal... And it has Digital ICE and
support for other film sizes.
> 
> -- 
> David Keenan, ausdlk@s... on 2/1/2005