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/
