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Scanner negs need to be fully exposed for shadow detail, then developed to less contrast than that required for a diffusion enlarger. A condenser enlarger fills the bill or diffusion and one paper grade higher, probably #3. The problem with standardizing on 3 is it limits how much higher you can go.
I use Delta 100 developed to print on #2 with focomat ic or other condenser enlarger, scan with KM5400 original model.
Ideally for dual work flows, expose at 1/2 speed and develop 20% less. You will love these negs with full shadow detail and very fine grain. They will not look flat either.
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 Originally Posted by mexipike
Which type of enlarger light source would be recommended to print negatives which are developed slightly thinner so they scan well? Diffuser? Cold light? Condenser?
Condenser - no question.
“The contemplation of things as they are, without error or confusion, without substitution or imposture, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention”
Francis Bacon
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Doesn't need to be a condenser head, just high contrast, whatever the means. A good VC paper will get
around grade 5 or so, way past this kind of problem.
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Originally Posted by DREW WILEY
Doesn't need to be a condenser head, just high contrast, whatever the means. A good VC paper will get
around grade 5 or so, way past this kind of problem.
But a condenser will give you much more inherent contrast before you even introduce filtration or graded paper.
“The contemplation of things as they are, without error or confusion, without substitution or imposture, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention”
Francis Bacon
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Agreed, but also more spotting afterwards. And the pros & cons of condenser vs diffusion heads were
spelled out decades ago, so no need to repeat them. And it's not particularly hard to diffuse a condenser
head if you need to.
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