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Re: [Digital BW] Scanners being used

2008-01-03 by Juan Riera

I use an Epson V750 Pro for b&w negatives and colour transparencies fom 
35 mm to 13x18 cm. I'm quite satisfied with results above 6x6 cm, but 
not with 35 mm scans. I have an old Minolta Dual Scan II that's no 
match either.
Most of the scanning is done with Epson software in professional mode, 
but on difficult negative scans I use Silverfast SE that comes with 
scanner, doing multipass mode.
The scanner has a wet mount option that I have never used, maybe 
because I'm too lazy to do the neg preparation and I'm quite satisfied 
with results. My prints goes only to A3 size in Epson 2400, so I don't 
enlarge very much.
My 35 mm b&w negatives are too dense in shadows and at date I couldn't 
get a good scan from any of them.

Juan Riera
www.juanriera.net

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