Digital BW, The Print

Can I ask why you dislike the Nikon San software?  I've never used anything
else, but I seem to get good results with it, of course I do a lot of stuff
afterwards in PShop.  I was just wondering how Vue Scan can improve on this
process?   Thanks.

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Sintchak [mailto:richard@...] 
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:55 AM
To: Jean-Marc Humbert
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] For those using the Nikon ED 4000 to scan B&W
negatives

Thursday, November 7, 2002, 2:39:15 AM, Jean-Marc Humbert wrote:

JMH> I use Nikon Scan 3.1.2. (I have tried Vuescan but was not convinced).


Not to sound flippant but try harder with Vuescan. NikonScan is awful.
As for exact settings for B&W with Vuescan it really varies, not only
emulsion to emulsion but exposure to exposure. Do not try for a
"perfect" look from the scan but for a good, wide histogram. This will
look flatter than desired after the scan but then 16-bit levels and
curves tweaking in Photoshop is FAR better than using the scanner
software for corrections and possible clipping of the histogram edges.

I tried Silverfast Ai and it seemed to do an ok job but I cannot
imagine why anyone would pay $300 for it.

Best regards,
 Richard  

mailto:richard@...

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