Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "scott_now_coming" 
<scott_now_coming@...> wrote:
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> Anyone here scanning Pyro stained negative with any success?
> 
> Any info or links will be appreciated.
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> Thanks,
> 
> Scott
>
 I tried scanning some 35 mm negatives on my Canon FS4000 and Epson 4870.  The 
negatives seem to have a lot of noise, come out very light (even with a good histogram), 
and  they seem to have an opaque "film" on the negatives.  However, when I work them in 
Photoshop CS2, the noise is not seen in my 8 by 10 and 11 by 14 glossy prints.   But, my 
B&W prints are rather high contrast;  a lot of black areas with Zone 3 detail.  

The "but" in my response is that my scanner is not calibrated and I used Vuescan 8.3.32 
and 8.08 to see if it made a difference.  Also, I had the same problem with Iford XP2.

I tried regular B&W film "Iford 50" and it does not have the same appearance.  If you get an 
answers, please post them.  

Martin