Since I was using a white backdrop, these are dense negs. I think the scanner
can't read them correctly. (Minolta Dimage Scan Dual
II $300, 2001 model or so, no ICE, 12 bits of data in 16 bit words, USB 1,1).
Last month I read that this scanner is not happy with
dense negs. It just clicked.
The tip off was that the color of the noise changes. The way I see it, (ha!)
it has to be a digital artifact cause film doesn't do
that.
I was trying to leverage the speed of the film into being able to not using
flash. When doing table top photography, I try to watch
reflections and I don't have enough experience to do that with a softened
strobe.
TTL is broken on my T32. I don't want to shoot straight into the subject with
the T20, the background is white so I can't use
Normal Auto. I guess I have to bounce it from the ceiling and figure it
manually. Any other ideas? How do I avoid reflections?
Do you guys just shoot every shot 4 times, rotating the subject each time?
No one uses an 18% textured backdrop so that TTL and Normal Auto work, right?
:) Maybe I'll shoot on a plank of 180ak instead.
Lama
> What has me stumped is the grit. This is 400 speed film. Is this grain? At
> the top of the frame (where the density is a bit
higher, the noise is magenta. Near the bottom where the density is lighter the
grain is cyan. Is this evidence that the scanner is
> acting up? I don't think I've seen grain change colors based on what it is
> *near. (?)
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