That sounds like a good plan, Michelle, (except for the cataloging and organization part of it... chaos helps creativity!) The Canon scanner is supposed to be pretty nice. I hope other folks chime in on this thread, as I'm sure it is a common problem. I was somewhat bummed to learn that Nikon's Digital ICE does not work on conventional silver B&W. Opaque to the IR sensor. But I guess if I process the negatives myself there should not be any dust or scratches needing removal? I've generally been shooting C-41 color negative materials, and converting to B&W in Photoshop. Do any of you have opinions about the relative merits of this, conventional silver B&W materials, or the C-41 dye-based B&W films? I'd imagine an expert can still do the "best" with conventional B&W?