Try this: scan them as "color slide", then invert them and transform to grayscale in Photoshop. With some scanners this produces better results.
cheers, caveman
William Robb wrote:
I am using a 2450 as well, and the quality of scans from black and white is really hit or miss. What is a for sure is that the 2450 does not do a very good job of scanning black and white negatives. Actually, I have yet to hear of a scanner that does good scans from black and white film.

