Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for all the suggestions.  I didn't want to get into chemistry if I could avoid it.  I rescued both negatives by setting the VueScan RGB analog gain to 3 and 4, respectively, and then doing subsequent adjustments in Camera Raw for brightness and contrast.  It DO slow the scan, especially the second pass.  But the scanner was able to see through the flair to the actual sun disk.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "EJ Neilsen" <e.neilsen2@...> wrote:
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> Second Peter's recommendations as well as that the film is from the same
> batch if possible. If your negs are already damaged with surface scratches,
> embedded dust , finger prints, it may not be a good idea either. 
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> I agree that using a proportional reducer might help, but please only use
> it as a last resort. And if you do use it, make sure to test it on some
> non-important negatives first.
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