Nikon Scan setup: colorspace?

[itf]

I'm installing Nikon Scan on my computer and the Setup is giving me a choice of seven colorspaces: sRGB, Bruce RGB, NTSC (1953), Adobe RGB (1998), CIE RGB, Wide Gamut RGB, and Wide Gamut RGB (Compensated).

In short I'm not sure which one. I'm using Windows XP and Photoshop on a laptop (LCD display??), most of what I do is B&W (so this may not matter so much??). Suggestions?

 

[palec]

I don't have Nikon scanner nor Nikon Scan software, but if you're going to work with 16bit files, ProPhoto RGB colorspace is recommended. As there is no such choice, Wide Gamut RGB is close to it.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

With black and white, it doesn't matter. If you have a black-n-white image scanned in any of them it'll look the same once converted to Greyscale. I have a Nikon 8000ED and I have not used Nikon Scan in a very long time (I prefer Viewscan) but I think you can choose a greyscale space for BW work. You'd want Grey Gamma 2.2 if that's available.

 

[srtiwari]

Hi,
I have been struggling with these questions, which are more relevant to color images. Rather than the "quick" answer, I prefer to try and understand how it works. I have downloaded the instructions to "Nikon Color Management" which can walk you through the steps. I can't quite find where I got it from, but its a pdf file . Also, from Apogee magazine i got some articles by Michael Goldstein re: adjusting the Nikon Scanner.
Happy to email them all to you if you would like.
Subhash