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Subject: [OM] Re: scanning slides and negative
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:41:01 +0800
For me, the major complain of scanning negative is the grain (also color), 
it fully expressed even with the downsized samples you posted.

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> There are actually quite a few examples of the beginning and end in this
> gallery <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Garden04/index.htm>. There is
> a down arrow for each individual image that goes to the original scan.
> Another example is one of the first times I consciously took a few shots
> that I knew would look poor with the intent of reviving them in
> processing. I was in Yosemite, directly below Half Dome, but the clouds
> were so low and thick that one couldn't tell it was up there. And here
> were these lovely images of rock reflected in water with the occasional
> ripple from rain drops, but with verry soft light, no contrast, and I
> was using Portra NC. The resultant print was so flat I wasn't sure at
> first what the shot was, just useless. Later when I got the 2710, the
> scan was pretty bad too, but the result is one of my favorite images.
> Original scan and final* image is here
> <http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/02043022BaA.jpg>. Who would have guessed
> there was all that subtle color and brightness detail in the film? And I
> think this was before I went beyond 8 bit scanning and/or processing,
> with a PS upgrade, can't remember just now, so there is likely yet more
> there.
>
> So, if you want to just scan and publish/print negs, you need to find
> software or a way to use the software you have that takes the same
> shortcuts the automated printing processes use. I can't help there, as
> I'm happy with what I use. In the end, I don't feel my results are
> inherently any better or worse from slides or negs.
>
> Moose


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