Digital BW, The Print

Hi Tom-

You problably don't want to hear this, but your choice of scanner will have
a much larger impact than any of the options for scanning that you are
considering (that said, Andre is right- scan in color, 48 bits, levels to
set endpoints, then channel mixer to find the best combination of
sharpnesss/noise/contrast available from the different channels).

You are shooting large format, which obviously requires a great deal of
effort/reward. In addition to trying out the different scan methods on your
epson, why not see what a drum scan would get you?

Bill

On 5/19/07, Andre Moreau <bwscans@...> wrote:
>
>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "tmonego"
> <thomas.c.monego@...> wrote:
> >
> > I'm scanning with an Epson V700 and Epson Scan in Photoshop. The way I
> > see it I have 3 choices in how to scan.
> > 1. B&W neg film, 16bit greyscale
> > 2. B&W neg film 48 bit color scan
> > 3. color neg film 48 bit color scan
> > In loosly testing these I hav'nt seen a big difference between them, I
> > am open to suggestions.
> >
> >
> Tom,
>
> You'll probably get identical results with the above methods. However,
> with a 48 bits color scan, in Photoshop use Levels and adjust the end
> points for each individual colors and see how your b&w image comes out.
>
> HTH
> Andre
>
>  
>



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Regards,

Bill Morse
Wm. Morse Editions

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