Digital BW, The Print

On 3/8/05 8:45 AM, "ben_zlotkin" sent the following verbage:

> 
> I've now purchased a Microtek 120TF to scan my 6x7 and 6x4.5 black and white
> negs.
> 
> As Im just getting started with this process, I'd love to hear about your
> workflows if you 
> are doing these same things. What settings should I start with? any problems
> Im likely to 
> encounter etc etc.

Hi Ben.. I scan with silverfast 6 16bit RAW, zero out the highlight offset,
set the shadow offset to 100, uncheck auto Contrast, positive. Then take it
into Silverfast HDR for processing, I use positive settings here as well, to
avoid the negfix interpretation. 16bit, no sharpening. Keep the entire
histo, don't clip the ends.. and I stay away from most things auto for
anything scanner related. If you choose to do an auto exposure in HDR. Bring
your bonding box in enough that the neg frame is not part of the histo,
watch the contrast setting in the options, I uncheck it.. I find much more
control for fine tuning in PS.

I don't personally like the Microtek software.

Also, it's worth investing in the glass film holder. I clean the film with
Anchor film kleen, the glass with a little warm water, using webril wipes...
then give the glass and the film a good blast of dust off.

Best of Luck,
Carolyn