Colin, I use a Microtek Scanmaker 4 also and have been completely satisfied with 4x5 negatives and transparencies from pinhole. But my 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 have been pretty disappointing (for printing up to 8" x 8"). Have you had any luck scanning and printing 2 1/4 neg/pos film?
Gregg > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin Talcroft [mailto:ctalcr...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 12:21 PM > To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??????? > Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Need help with B&W film scanning > > > Hi > > I have a Microtek Scanmaker 4 scanner as well and have > been quite pleased with my results scanning B&W > negatives. The trick seems to be to scan them as color > POSITIVES (the setting is called "positive > transparencies," not color negatives and then to > invert them. Microtek in Japan suggested this to me > when I was frustrated and disappointed with my > results, and really works. Makes a world of > difference. > > Most of the later material on my pinhole site (you can > ue the URL below if interested) was done this way > (some of the earlier stuff was done with a Minolta > Quickscan 35, which gave very nice results, but was > limited to 35mm). Underexposed negatives give this and > any scanner their toughest time, but with most > negatives I have been quite pleased. Most of the stuff > on the site is 4x6.5CM negatives. Obviously, the > bigger the better, but quite a few of these are 35mm > as well. > > http://www.sonic.net/~talcroft/PinholeSite/ > > Colin > > Hope this helps > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.p at ???????/discussion/ >
