Digital BW, The Print

There's also a Yahoo Vuescan Group and a Yahoo wet scanning group 
(called Scanmax) and a Yahoo Nikon group for the 5000, whose members 
are often really 9000/8000 users. They (we..I use a V) all have 
similar realities re: Vuescan Vs Nikonscan. 

You should also browse through photo.net's digital darkroom group as 
there are some genuine expert types there...browse with 9000 and 
8000 and Vuescan and V and 5000. 

As for "tedium," I'm afraid that's the name of the game. 

I'm using Delta 400 and Rodinal 1:50 myself. Nice grain, if that's 
your cup of tea :-)

Djon




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lulalake_1999" 
<lulalake_1999@y...> wrote:
> 
> There's a fellow named Ernst Dinka, who uses Vuescan in his 
printing 
> business. He's pretty knowledgable about the software and has 
answered 
> a lot of questions about the software.
> He generally posts on the Yahoo 4870 group
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/epson4870/
> 
> You might try posting the question there, it's a pretty liberal 
group 
> with many questions about scanners other than the Epson family.
> 
> Jules
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Smith" 
<r-
> smith@p...> wrote:
> > I have a Nikon Supercoolscan 8000, and have been frustrated with 
the
> > included software.  I recently purchased Vuescan which seems much
> > better, but now my frustration is with the lack of documentation 
and
> > support for Vuescan.  Perhaps some kind soul on this site can 
help? 
> > My question has to do with the meaning of the settings for black 
and 
> white
> > negatives - there are multiple settings for both TMax and TriX 
films
> > which appear to relate to the contrast.  Since experimenting 
with each
> > of these settings as a means to learn what they are is tedious at
> > best, and perhaps unproductive, I am hopeful that someone can 
help me
> > with advice or point me to a relevant resource.
> > 
> > Note - I use FP4+ at EI 64, developed in Rodinol, and TriX EI 
400,
> > 1600, & 3200, and am looking for a good developer at this point.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Bob