Digital BW, The Print

On 14/02/2008 Eugene Ostreicher wrote:
> My experience with scanning B&W negatives has not been favorable

You are either using a poor scanner and/or need to refine your technique. 
A decent filmscanner and effective workflow will enable superior images 
from negatives that are near impossible to print in the darkroom, or will 
enable more complex or subtle realisation of decent negs as you have so 
much more control. It also gives an opportunity to rescue older negs that 
are now deteriorating.

This won't apply if you are just wanting adequate electronic versions, but 
if you want the best quality possible I can't recommend scanning prints 
over negs, it's an extra generation and a lost opportunity. I had 20 years 
experience of almost daily darkroom printing behind me, so was pretty good 
at it. I too scanned prints initially but eventually realised the 
shortcomings and had to start again from negatives.

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Regards

Tony Sleep
http://tonysleep.co.uk