Digital BW, The Print

neg>neg>pos seems distinctly better with V than neg>pos BUT I've just
tested Mendel's neg>pos workflow in Vuescan and done even
better...sharper even...per this photo.net thread:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00C3h2




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Graham"
<gebilwil@n...> wrote:
> This supposedly was important with the 8000 and is not necessary
with the 9000.
> 
> Haven't tried it though.
> 
> Scott
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon"
<westsidemaurice@y...> 
> wrote:
> > Thanks Steve..
> > 
> > It's "often suggested" but I never really believed it was true... I
> > thought I was off into urban-scanning-mythologyland...
> > 
> > Did Nikon mention it somewhere... or is this just a wonderful bit of
> > Internet wisdom? 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > Scanning B&W negs as pos is often suggested... helps with this
> > > > image...any idea WHY this works, if in your experience it does?