I agree that you cannot, with Epson flat bed scanners, use Digital Ice
on B&W negatives.
I haven't bothered with Silverfast or Vuescan. The latter did not
appear, to my eyes, to give significantly better results compared to
Epson's own software. However many people claim Vuescan is outstandingly
better!
Howard
Rene Hales wrote:
We, my husband and I, have a new V750 Epson Perfection Pro Scanner
and want to scan 35mm and 4 X 5 black and white negatives. It came
with Silverfast Ai. I have heard that VueScan is easier? better?. I
also think digital ice does not really work well on b&w negatives.
My fear is that I have a mix of information and misinformation. Can
folks on this list recommend resources for mastering b&w negative
scanning? We will use the scans for digital printing and for digital
negatives for Pt/Pd printing in the darkroom. We can learn from online
information or books or even a workshop if there is such an animal.
This is list is such a wealth of information that I am sure you will
have some resources to get us started down the right path.
Thanks in advance,
Rene
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