Getting Started with Black & White.

[froliol]

Greetings All, I just purchased a Plustek 7500i and it came with Silverfast SE software. I am a bit overwhelmed to say the least. With that said I am looking for general parameters to scan black and white negatives. I generally shoot Kodak 400CN and Ilford HP5.

When I scan I am setting the Scan Type to 16->8 Bit Grayscale, is this correct?

Any good links for general best practices regarding scannig B&W negatives would be great.

Thanx, Louis.

[LSI_Luebker]

When I scan I am setting the Scan Type to 16->8 Bit Grayscale, is this correct?

Dear Louis, yes this is the correct mode for Scanning Black & White Slides

[froliol]

Greetings, thanks for the response.

I am scanning B&W negatives, not slides. Is the setting still correct?

[LSI_Luebker]

Dear Luis,

yes this alos applies for negatives but you obviously need to set SilverFast into negativ mode and select an appropriate NegaFixy profile.