Digital BW, The Print

What are the purported advantages to scanning in image rather than BW 
negative? 

chris hargens


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:


> Common thought is to scan the negatives in raw mode as a 
transparency 
> at the scanner's native optical resolution (4000dpi in this case) 
and 
> then manipulate the image in Photoshop. Inversions from positive to 
> negative will not degrade the image. If your end result is to be a 
> negative you will still want to work with the image as a positive 
to 
> assess the results of your manipulations and then invert at the end 
> of the workflow.
> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., shashinka@a... wrote:
> > Before I do it, can anyone comment on success from Tri-X BW or 
> llford XP2 on 
> > the Polaroid SS4000?  If so, which software did the job best and 
if 
> I'm 
> > outputting to a negative, should I scan as a positive?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Andy Darlow