Scaning B&W negs with Nikon 4000ED

[remoteplaces]

I've done a little research since this post.

RE: ICE I believe that it works by scanning in IR. Color film is poque to this whereas B&W is not. It interprets info in the B&W negative and dust and scatches and adjusts with disasterous results.

RE: RGB vs greyscale. The online help did not mention whether to scale B&W in RGB or greyscale. However, I went back and read the manual. Its says to scale B&W in greyscale.

I have been scanning as follows: 14 bit, greyscale, and Neg mono. I'm quite pleased with the results, although even the slow (100) film seems grainy.

[remoteplaces]

Sorry my previous post seems like I was drunk..........I have two machines on a small desk and right now the keyboard is at a horrible angle to type.........my typing is two fingered and horrible too.

poque = opaque

You can guess the rest : )

[Franglais]

I've done a little research since this post.

RE: ICE I believe that it works by scanning in IR. Color film is poque to this whereas B&W is not. It interprets info in the B&W negative and dust and scatches and adjusts with disasterous results.

RE: RGB vs greyscale. The online help did not mention whether to scale B&W in RGB or greyscale. However, I went back and read the manual. Its says to scale B&W in greyscale.

I have been scanning as follows: 14 bit, greyscale, and Neg mono. I'm quite pleased with the results, although even the slow (100) film seems grainy.

Sorry to say this but "classic" black-and-white films ARE (relatively) grainy compared with colour films, which have dye clouds rather than silver grain and look smoother. And as you've pointed out you have to spot them by hand to remove dust because ICE is incompatible.

Hint - if you want a black-and-white film that has finer grain, more detail and that is compatible with ICE - try a chromogenic black-and-white film like Ilford XP2 or the much-regretted Kodak T400CN. They don't look the same as classic black and white, you can't really push-process them but I find they're very flexible.

Charles