Hi all,

I'm a novice when it comes to the digital darkroom and am having problems with some of my scans. I have just bought an Epson V600 scanner for my rollfilm negs and am dissatisfied with results from pyro negs, no doubt due to the way stain is handled. Prints are washed out, with depressed highlights, a bluish colour cast and requiring huge amounts of brightness and contrast to achieve minimally acceptable prints.

I'm finding this with old negs as well as new, however earlier negs developed in D7 for example are not as bad as a recent roll of Efke developed in PMK (no doubt less stain with D7). By comparison, old APX25 negs developed in Rodinal print beautifully.

At this stage I haven't tried playing with pre-scan settings, other than stipulating B&W neg film being scanned, and resolution. Do I need to apply more exposure to "burn through" the background stain, or am I missing something else? All thoughts welcome.

Many thanks,

Baz.