Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon"
<westsidemaurice@y...> wrote:
> I have finally arrived at 35mm scanned B&W that EASILY (cookbook)looks
> better than decades of optical B&Ws (eg condenser Durst). 
> 
> 1) Nikon V...4000ppi, excellent negative holder, fast (THANKS JAPAN!)
> 2) VueScan as TIFF (THANKS ED!)
> 3) Photoshop filter> "noise"> "dust/scratch" filter, avoiding soft
> grain(THANKS ADOBE!)
> 4) Minimal USM (4/3.1/64 with grainy-pushed Tmax400)..avoids fringe
> 5) Black-Only (THANKS CLAYTON!) or QTRgui (THANKS STEPHEN)
> 6) THANKS EPSON ! (2200,OEM pigments,EEM)
> 
>

I'm not quite sure I understand your settings for USM....;-)

Could you give the Amount, Radius, and Threshold?  Thanks.

By the way, I agree with many of your other findings!!

Don