Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> With the Nikon 8000 I scan my B&Ws as grayscale positives.  It 
seems to work
> well.  I got clipping with the grayscale negative settings.  
> 
> I wonder what the scanner's attempts to remove the "mask" does to a 
B&W that
> is scanned as a color negative.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of wwodets
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 7:51 AM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Nikon 5000 scanner question . . .
> > 
> > I am using a Nikon 5000 with the Nikon software for Tri-X and 
Plus-X
> > negatives.  I find better results scanning for "color negative" 
and
> > scan at 16 bits, 8X (seems to reduce scanner noise), and neutral
> > settings on all the other controls.  At 100% on screen (1:1) I see
> > small areas of posterization, especially in shadows, but also 
sometimes
> > in midtones.  These areas do not seem visible in the prints or at 
lower
> > resolution on screen.  This makes no sense to me.  Any thoughts?  
Does
> > Tri-X, with that long, shallow toe, actually look like this?  
Scanner
> > settings?  Could the monitor itself (Sony LCD, 5K, 2.2) be doing 
this?
> > Thanks.
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