>I'm going to wait to see what comes back on the list.  I've got stuff to 
>learn on this one, too.
>
>I'm shooting 35mm color neg because I have no darkroom now, and until my 
>35mm scanner quit acting rationally I could easily scan color negative.  
>Now, it seems to like b&w only.  On the other hand, I could scan either 
>paper or film in larger sizes, but the big scanner doesn't calibrate to 
>the orange color of the negative film. (snip)
Larry,
You might want to take a look at   
 <www.interlog.com/~pinkster/photo/neg2pos/neg2posa.html>
It details how to deal with the orange mask in photoshop if your scanner
doesn't do it for you.
Best,
Mitch Valburg