Digital BW, The Print

Hi Mike,

Not irritated here.  so good at it that I sound like it some other times too though.  Sorry.

I will be running a Nikon on B&W later this week and sure hope that I am right.  All my 
comments all come from a darkroom.  On the other hand I am a nit for detail and 
sharpness so maybe I won't be able to tell.


:~)


I still think the 3200 is a fine scanner, but only know from a expert friend's --- In 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mike_nunan" <mike_nunan@h...> 
wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> 
> Sorry if I irritated you somehow, but I returned the scanner for this 
> reason:
> 
> > the lack of gain/exposure control in the hardware plus absysmal 
> colour accuracy
> > led me to return my 3200 within a month of purchasing it.
> 
> It may be a fine scanner in some respects, but I found it very hit-
> and-miss and the exposure control issue was a huge bugbear (does 
> anyone know if that has been fixed in the 4870??)
> 
> I also found it impossible to compensate for the extreme hardness of 
> Minolta B&W scans by post-scan treatment. It's not just a matter of