Do Nikon Scanners work on b&w slides (ie Scala)

Do Nikon scanners work won b&w slides (ie Scala).

 

I just bought the Canon FS4000US. Does a great job on color slides

(Here are three samples:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=259275)

and b&w negs, but simply botches b&w slides. It simply doesn't cut

throught the dense parts of the slide.

 

I've tried a couple of different things, including scanning as a b&w

neg and then inverting in photoshop. I made sure FARE was off.

 

Help!

I've scanned some Scala slides on my Nikon LS-4000, and they came out great. Unfortunately, the lab in Denmark scratched the slides quite badly, so I haven't used the film any more.

The LS4000 has a higher DMax than the FS4000 and may, possibly, do better with the Density problems you're having. I personally haven't tried my LS4000 with Scala...you might find someone with one and try it out....if you want to send me a sample slide I can try scanning it for you and send you the results to see how it goes...write by private e-mail if you wanna try that.

 

Before you throw in the towel with the Canon, however, I'd suggest trying Vuescan scanning software to see if it works better for you...worth a try.

 

http://www.hamrick.com/

Here's one example, scanned with the Canon software, as a color transparency with FARE off. I haven't downloaded Vuescan yet.

I agree with Ilkka - my LS 4000 does well with Scala