Digital BW, The Print

John, I believe we have the same setup? Give it a try with those 4000
ppi scans, sometimes even open 2. How helpful it is depends on the
image and grain. I just do several scans as long as the neg is
mounted, with different settings... 

With small film though, I stick to native aperture.
Tyler aka "crunchy"
http://www.custom-digital.com/


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@...> wrote:
>
> That's very useful Bruce, regarding the opening up of the aperture to
> reduce grain. There is a Gain setting with Silverfast that I'm using
> but I never use it.
> 
> One thing that I have noticed routinely with the Howtek when scanning
> black and white film is that with my unit the scans are a bit over
> sharpened at 4000 ppi, making them apper more grainy,esp 35mm tri-x. I
> add a tad of gaussian blur and it is smoothed out. Increasing the
> aperture in Silverfast would probably be a better method. I'll try it!
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> John
>