Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Film scanners, such as the new Nikon models, are excellent. B&W film is probably the hardest medium to scan, but as the many excellent images published by LUGgers attest, it can be done. To get serious quality B&W output, you will have to look into the specialized inks like the ones available from www.missupply.com. They replace the color cartridges in your Epson with shades of grey, and the results are excellent, especially when printed on the special papers available from the same sources. Nathan JMWoo wrote: > After an offlist note, thought I'd ask this to the > community at large: > > Been reading msgs. re: digital scanning with great > interest lately. I have two questions that some > seasoned vets might be able to answer: > 1) How good are film scanners (i..e Nikon 4000 > Coolscan) with black and white negatives (not the C41 > type)? > 2) How do most people output their finished prints? I > have an Epson 980 that's fine for drugstore > quality-type things, but can't imagine printing > anything on it that remotely approaches what I achieve > in the darkroom. > 3) Are you ever outputting to a film? The luxury of > being able to do most of my adjustments in Photoshop > and then output a negative to print traditionally onto > my favorite Ilford paper intrigues me. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/