Digital BW, The Print

I've not (yet) figured out the logic of scanning RAW...I scan TIFF...

And I've not begun to figure out the workflow logic, if there is any
(!), to Vuescan...but I've gotten great B&W anyway (I was given one
useful cookbook setting). 

I have Vuescan Pro, but I forget what "Pro" meant...maybe just an
opportunity to show off. 

I was irritated at Vuescan a while back (a recent release was buggy,
now it's fine), was prepared to buy Silverfast (I liked the way SE
worked) but I couldn't figure out their marketing info...

Djon




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rabiner
<mark@r...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Nikon V is rock solid, has much better negative handling (flatter,
> > less physical manipulating of the negative because no junk plastic
> > negative carrier).
> > 
> > I owned both, dumped two Minoltas for the Nikon. I believe Minolta's
> > software is better for B&W than Nikon's, but that you won't want to
> > use either...you'll want to use Vuescan. Minolta's purported 5400ppi
> > doesn't seem to add up to extra sharpness past 4000...according to the
> > one comparison I've seen.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Do you scan RAW in VueScan?
> That strikes me as the way to go. And a reason why I¹ll get it for
my Nikon.
> Silverfast wants hundreds of bucks all over again it¹s a joke.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
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