gary_samson2

Read Edward Weston's Day Book's - he simplified his life to make time to photograph

every day.

Michael: You might want to make sure that your lens is not the problem - it's possible

that the lense could have been knocked out of alignment at some point -the Nikkor

24mm 2.8 auto focus is not the most rugged lens. I would also try shooting at the

optimum aperture -F8 and not F16 where diffraction could be affecting sharpness.

One last suggestion would be to try Kodak Xtol as a developer-it produces very sharp

fine grain negatives.

I have shot both of these films and I much prefer Kodak T-Max 3200 for it's look and

grain structure. I use Kodak Xtol undiluted and i use an E.I. of 1000. As a starting

point for processing use the time indicated for an E.I. of 1600 on the Xtol processing

chart.

Regarding Roger Hicks contributions to these forums, I am a bit troubled by the book

plugs. It's great that he is willing to share his knowledge and experience with the rest

of us and I certainly don't mind if another contributor to the forum reccommends one

of his books as a source of information but I do not think that authors should be

using these forums to promote their own books. This is the third book mention by

Hicks I have come across in the last two days.

Jim,

I use Silverfast drives on both my film and flatbed scanners and I am very happy with

the amount of control and ease of use this software provides and you will find that it

is the software of choice for many profession photographers. I have no experience w/

VuScan so I could not fairly compare the two.

Silverfast now offers a driver for the 5400 for $199. checkout the review of the

Minolta 5400 Scanner in the current Shutterbug Magazine - the cost of the scanner

and the software is about what the Nikon 4000ED is w/o Silverfast.