Digital BW, The Print

I thought I would throw in my pennys worth on the subject of the minolta
Pro. I print with Piezo inks. I scan all B&W  6x7 negs in colour slide mode
with 4 times oversampling. I do no adjustments in with the minolta sofware
and leave all that to photoshop. I then invert and have to convert to
greyscale in order to export to the Piezo software. I have been getting
truely lovely tonality and incredible depth of detail. No doubt Frank has a
more informed and professional eye than mine but I am very happy with the
results and they are an improvement on my Wet processed prints.

Adam
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Victor Landweber [mailto:victor@...]
  Sent: 28 January 2002 23:43
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Minolta Pro Vs Nikon 8000: Grain vs Softness


  Frank --

  I will be very interested in hearing about your Polaroid 120 experience.
  Will your prior disappointment with the Minolta and Silverfast keep you
  from trying Silverfast with the Polaroid? I have a low opinion of
  Polaroid's alternative software -- Polacolor Insight.

  Thank you for persevering with your thorough medium-format scanner search.

  -- Victor Landweber


  At 09:28 PM 1/28/2002 +0000, you wrote:

  >Earlier in this post I said that I scanned the same color negs on
  >a Nikon and on a Minolta Pro.  I will now scan those same negs
  >on a Polaroid 120.  I'll get them to my friend this week so I can
  >add a more informed opinion to our options.
  >
  >  After working with my Minolta for 3 months, trying Silverfast HDR
  >(much too much grain) as well as the Minolta software, I am
  >dissatisfied and cannot recommend the product for any negative
  >scanning.  The problem is squarely placed on the grain aliasing.
  >There are other problems such as the highlights blow out very
  >quickly, but I would be happy to simply get an answer for the
  >graininess.
  >
  >I have scanned b&w and color negs as slides, negs (both b/w
  >and color) and as 16 bit linear files.  I have oversampled 16
  >times, added Gem, Ice and Roc, added gaussian blur and used
  >the smudge tool.  I have tried the workarounds that have been
  >offered on this list.  I have not tried Neatscan (or whatever)
  >because I have a Mac.  I have also not tried VueScan.
  >
  >I will say that the negative carriers and the software is a pleasure
  >to work with.  Ergonomically, this machine is great.  The problem
  >is in the results from negatives.  Slides look great.
  >
  >I am considering selling the Minolta Pro.  If anyone out there
  >wants it, I will send it to Minolta warranty service, first , so they
  >can completely go through it , and then send it off to you.  I will do
  >this for $300 less than what any Minolta Pro is selling for on the
  >web.



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