[LargeFormat] Scanning B&W negs in colour

[Clive Warren]

At 10:06 pm -0600 21/2/01, Pam Niedermayer wrote:
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>Clive Warren wrote:
>>  ...
>>  I was a little disappointed with the 4x5 B&W neg. scans carried out
>>  so far, but I have only tried a couple so it may be the case that
>>  more experimentation is needed. When the limits of the SilverFast
>>  software is reached then VueScan may be worth a look if the B&W negs
>  > are still unsatisfactory.
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>Yes, definitely keep at it, getting high quality scans is not a
>trivial effort. If there were any real connection between PS and
>scanning software, most likely it was simply the 256 number, since 256
>can be represented in 8 bits, or one word on older pc's. These days
>words are much longer, of course, but this is the type of thing that
>could be held over in pursuit of compatibility.
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Pam

Thanks Pam, will definitely be trying out a few more negs after the 
weekend and see if I can beat the system into submission :-)

Will let you know how it goes....
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All the best,

             Clive Warren   http://www.f32.net
                            Large Format travel and stock photography