Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "davelongviews"
<dave@l...> wrote:
> So am I the only one who owns one of these beasts? :)

I have a 343 that I use to scan 120 B&W film.  I get the best results
scanning as standard RGB positive then inverting in PS.  Slightly thin
negs seem to works best for me.  There is an addon called NegPOS that
does a great job of the inverting if you don't mind investing some
time learning how to use it.

http://www.c-f-systems.com/PhotoMathDocs.html

I've gotten good results from Neopan 400, TriX, Fomapan100, but the
best looking B&W film I've scanned was Efke 25.  It scans very, very
well if you deal with the contrast in the exposure and development
stages.  It's very curly so it probably sucks in a flatbed but in a
Flextight, it rawks.

Example:  http://www.crowmountain.net/NP_Subs/stones-big.jpg

This started out as a 1200dpi scan.  In the 12x12" print I made on a
2200, it's very easy to read the big print in the bit of newspaper trash.

Fomapan100 is my second favorite, it comes out witha very oldschool,
dark chocolate look after I hit it with a basic curve.  Another example:

http://www.crowmountain.net/salon/archive/2005/06/leave_it_like_i.html#000062

Awesome scanner, have fun.  I'm very jealous of the 4x5" scanning
ability.  I couldn't quite swing the bucks for one of the big ones.

Thomas