[LargeFormat] Scanning B&W negs in colour

[Clive Warren]

Have been playing around with the new Microtek ScanMaker4 and thought that 
scanning a few 4x5 B&W negs may be worth a try. When set to B&W negs using 
SilverFast, the scanner defaulted to a scan which used colour - this seemed 
sensible given that many people advise use of the colour channels in 
scanning B&W negs so that you have more control in the post scan process 
using the colour channels.

So far the results have not been up to those obtained from trannies but 
maybe the negs chosen were particularly poor! Had I been in the darkroom 
though the results would definitely have been a lot better. The scanner 
will never take over from the darkroom, however it could be useful in 
providing quick contact sheets......

There are some scanning resources on the web, some of which seem very good. 
Does anyone know a good web site with info. on this topic that they would 
recommend or perhaps have experience that they would like to share on 
scanning B&W negs?


All the best,
                 Clive   http://www.f32.net
                         Large Format Travel and Stock Photography