Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "togeorge626" <togeorge41934@...> wrote:
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> I have begun to scan in B&W negatives from my darkroom past.  I use a Nikon 9000ED and VuScan for this.  The problem is that when I scan certain favorite negatives that include images of the sun, the over-exposed sun images and immediate surround are totally impenetrable to the scanner,

Adjusting the exposure in VueScan is one way to get this. First, insert your film and press Preview. Then Input > Lock Exposure should be visible. You can adjust the exposure value (ccd gain) here and thus be able to see more through the darks. You may need to do two passes, one with a high exposure value and one with a lower (eg, 1.0) value. 

VueScan's Multi Exposure feature does this two-pass bit automatically.

If  you've tried these things already, then I'm of no help.