Help Scanning B&W Negs

[silicontrip]

I'm using OSX 10.2.4, with Silverfast ai 6.0.1r46 and an LS-40 (IV ED)

When I preview a B&W Neg, the preview shows fine, but when I scan the Image comes out overly contrasted and dark.

The midtones appear to be lost to black and even trying to play with the image after does no good. As the information appears to be squashed in the very low values.

Does anyone know how to scan B&W negs properly ?

Thanks.
Mark

[LSI_Kratzenstein]

Please check, if your ICE is switched on. This could make problem with b/w neagtives.

[silicontrip]

Yes this solved the problem.

So I assume that it is not possible at all to use the ICE scratch correction and can only use SRD ?

[degrub]

If you use chromagenic B&W instead of the older films then you can use ICE from what i have read.

Frank

[silicontrip]

Sorry I'm not a photographic expert. What is chromagenic film?
Is that the B&W film that uses c41 processing (like colour film) so has the brown base? Like the Kodak T400 CN ?

The film I'm trying to scan is Ilford HP5 and Kodak TMX 100.

I did try mounting the film in the slide mount and putting some unexposed developed colour negs behind it however this still did not work.

[degrub]

Yes

Frank