Hi Joe ... It's not the scan that's bad, the neg has suffered from poor processing and drying in a dusty environment (one of my first rolls), crummy, scratchy negative sleeves, poor storage, and the ravages of time.
ICE doesn't work on conventional B&W. My scanner has ICE, BTW ... Shel > [Original Message] > From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Wow indeed. Shel, I've had bad scans come out looking like this (in part > -- not the whole image). I don't know of shortcuts for this kind of > situation. It can take hours of retouching. > > I would say try a scanner with Digital ICE, but I'm not sure that works > with B&W film. I could be wrong. Perhaps ask your pro lab.
