On 1 Apr 2003 at 14:30, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: > One that I know for sure is that Nikon's Coolscan performs very poor in > scanning B/W negatives. There's a problem with LED light coming thru B/W > negative emulsion. In Color Foto tests, IV ED and 4000 ED, which performed > exceptionally good in colour scanning, achieved in praktice Dmax for B/W > negatives around 2. I have tried to scan contrasty B/W negatives on my > Coolscan III - and was rather nasty experience. You should simply look for > scanners with fluorescent light rather than LED. Minoltas are good choice > here.
Good advice, the Polaroid SS4000 35mm film scanner (very inexpensive now) does a wonderful job with B&W negs. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html Pentax user since 1986 PDMLer since 1998
