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Re: filmscanners: best film scanner for b&w negs



my 25 year old b&w negs suffer more from scratches then dust (I lived
on the Outer Banks at the time and sand was everywhere) 

I scan in using VueScan (usually don't filter for grain) then use the
dust & scratch filter & the marque tool in Photoshop on the obvious
dust & scratches - NOTE: The marque tool is essential for this
operation as I select an area just slightly larger then the
dust/scratch then apply the filter.

Using this technique I've been able to print out negs that 25 years
ago I had given up on due to dust/scratches. It helps to print out a
test pic first as the very small dust spots don't always print. Most
of my b&w work is printed on Arches bright white hot press watercolor
paper.

my b&w negs however are in better shape then new color negs processed
at the local pro lab. For me the least troublesome film is luckily for
me the largest part of my film library - b&w tri-x. I had started 3
years ago with the Polaroid SprintScan 35+ which basically couldn't
handle the grain in Tri-x film but did ok for slides & color negs. The
Polaroid SS4000 does great with b&w negs & color slides - I'm still
struggling to find the sweat spot for color negs when using Kodak
Portra nc 400.

for most of my b&w negs its a simple matter of touching up a few
spots/scratches after I've scanned the neg. I spend way more time
manipulating the image in PS then I do with dust (b&w)

In my book the Polaroid ss4k at it's current price is worth the money
just to handle my b&w negs - I feel confident that I will eventually
get a handle on the color negs - for the moment I'm putting off
upgrading the SilverFast 5.5 while Polaroid works on pricing but can't
afford to wait much longer.

btw my earlier Sprintscan was so loud that I had to wear hearing
protection, the ss4k is much more pleasant to work with.


On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:51:22 +0200, you wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shawn Coggins" <magpie@digisys.net>
>To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
>Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 8:44 AM
>Subject: Re: filmscanners: best film scanner for b&w negs
>
>
>>I'm very, very happy with the results I get scanning in my Tri-X negs
>>using VueScan & my new Polaroid SS4000.
>
>>It is also able to handle the grain in 3200 ASA film.
>
>>I have already sold several prints of a negative that used to give me
>>fits in the darkroom.  Recently had a exhibit of my work about half
>>digital & half from my 25 year old Tri-X negs.
>
>Shawn - how about dust? Does the software based dust removal work on
>negatives with normal amount of some dustspecks? And does it work without
>reducing sharpness?
>
>greetings Bernhard
>
>
>
>

Shawn Coggins  http://www.originalgimp.org/index.htm
http://www.herronparkhorsetrials.org/




 




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