Digital BW, The Print

The 4000 was, like 5000, especially suited to long rolls. It had focus
difficulties that were solved by 5000. 

Ice does a great job with mild scratches, but if someone's stuck with
bad scratches (bad handling, minilabs etc) fluid mounting clearly helps.

"grain smoothing" is a dubious plus wet mounting...that is, grain
isn't evil in everybody's eyes...many of us value it. 

Vuescan gives a nice degree of control over grain, from condenser
enlarger size to smaller.:  amazing, in fact. 

And no, Ice4 and Vuescan in an Ice4 machine do not soften grain or
details, though earlier versions of Ice may.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "screamingeo"
<screamingeo@...> wrote:
>
> For the best quality with B+W negatives, get a scanner with fluid
mount capabilities. Most, if 
> not all, of the scratches will be removed, and it will even smooth
out the grain. I use an 
> Epson v750 with the fluid mount kit from
> 
> http://www.fluidmounting.com/.
> 
> 35mm to 8x10, I have had excellent results with this scanner. Some
people don't like flatbed 
> scanners, but I am more than happy, especially  with the advantages
it offers over a 
> dedicated film scanner. My last scanner was a Nikon Coolscan 4000ed,
and personally, I 
> would never go back.
>