Scanning stain

[couldabin]

I develop my 4x5s -- primarily FP4 -- with Pyrocat-HD. Is there any consensus on how best to capture pyro staining when the negatives are scanned? If I scan them as a color negative I can manage the RGB balance, which I'm guessing would provide a way to best control the influence of staining. Isn't t the actual color of the stain dependent on several parameters (such as emulsion and base), and if so, would scanning the negative as a positive color slide yield useful information about the actual color and how to make the most of (or least of, depending on intent) the stain?

 

[Bob Carnie]

Hi Duane

The best answer would be to try in RGB 16 bit and in Greyscale 16bit the best you can.. then open up in PS and by checking the L values using the info palette, as well visual observation you will get your answer..

FWIW I scan in 16bit Grey scale for PMK negatives and have been happy with the results

Bob

 

[Alan Johnson]

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/how-to-scan-pyro-negatives.149883/
I asked a similar question about pyro negatives.There does not seem to be sufficient replies to reach a conclusion yet.

 

[couldabin]

Thanks for the responses. After a little experimentation, I think that scanning it as a 24-bit color negative, and then adjusting each of the RGB channels before converting to grayscale seems to work very well.