Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul; 

I just spent a little time checking the raw processing abilities of 
Vuescan; I'm wondering if you've had the time to do likewise, and if so 
what your impressions are? 

My comparison with the Canon software puts Vuescan about half-way 
between ACR and Canon in terms of gritiness (luminance noise?), with 
Canon being the smoother of the three. However the lack of noise in the 
Canon sw is paid for in fine detail delineation. Vuescan seems to be 
the best trade-off between the three. Comments?

Steve Karafyllakis