Digital BW, The Print

I've read that suggestion many times before, and it may well be the best 
way if you use the software supplied with your scanner. However when 
I've tested it, I've always found the results disappointing compared to 
scanning as a  negative using Vuescan. Again, I've only tried three 
scanners, so it may well be the best method with some other models.

As Ernst stated, processing variables mean that you cannot expect a 
perfect result from every scan, even if your film type is one of those 
listed in the software. I find it best to scan as negative, output as 16 
bit TIFF and then make the small adjustments needed in Photoshop.

I've used Vuescan since shortly after buying my first scanner quite a 
few years ago, and finding it hard to get good results either using the 
software from the scanner manufacturer or the rather more expensive 
SilverFast. Three scanners and quite a few years later I'm still using 
Vuescan (a considerably more recent version) with my Minolta MultiPro, 
having with each new scanner tested it against the opposition. I don't 
have a V750, so can't comment on that.

Regards,
Peter

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Paul Grant wrote:
> I would always scan as a positive and let your photo editing software do the
> conversion.
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> Regards,
> Paul
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> On 1/6/08 12:02 PM, "njfranknj" <kolwicz@...> wrote:
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>> Interesting, Tony, does that mean that it makes more sense to scan as
>> color neg and allow the software to make the color channel adjustment,
>> rather than scanning as "Media/Image" in VueScan and convert to
>> positive in a editing  program, as some suggest, for these "better
>> film scanners"? 
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>> Are the Minolta ScanMultiPro and Epson V750 in that group?
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>> Frank
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