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Thanks so much for the considered reply David.
Unfortunately, I seem to wish to go down the hardest road possible....develop my own B+W negatives and scan. I don't think I would opt for the colour neg then PP to B+W. I remember not much liking the C41 B+W as the outputs lacked the tones of true silver halide. So I certainly want to be playing with B+W film.
One option is that I have a mate at work with a Hassy drum scanner that he uses for his 4x5 and 6x17....maybe I could find out what he might charge (hopefully based on the mate's rates principle) to scan a roll once it's dried. He gets glorious results that would far exceed my requirements. However, I would like the flexibility to go up and/or down in size without too much stress. The problem with this is that it isn't much of an interim solution, because if i like this then I'd find it hard to be content with 'lesser' outputs if I take to film and wish to do my own scanning ....Ultimately I'd prefer to be self-sufficient. On that note those Plustek's look a handy and neat unit for 35mm negatives.
Unfortunately, I seem to wish to go down the hardest road possible....develop my own B+W negatives and scan. I don't think I would opt for the colour neg then PP to B+W. I remember not much liking the C41 B+W as the outputs lacked the tones of true silver halide. So I certainly want to be playing with B+W film.
One option is that I have a mate at work with a Hassy drum scanner that he uses for his 4x5 and 6x17....maybe I could find out what he might charge (hopefully based on the mate's rates principle) to scan a roll once it's dried. He gets glorious results that would far exceed my requirements. However, I would like the flexibility to go up and/or down in size without too much stress. The problem with this is that it isn't much of an interim solution, because if i like this then I'd find it hard to be content with 'lesser' outputs if I take to film and wish to do my own scanning ....Ultimately I'd prefer to be self-sufficient. On that note those Plustek's look a handy and neat unit for 35mm negatives.