Also, it's worth checking the planarity of the slide, since too often
problems of bad focus arise from this.
The 5400 has an option for manual focus.
If the scan is out of focus, an USM will simply made it more blurred,
not sharper.
Alfredo
On Aug 25, 2005, at 8:24 PM, <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Few slides look truly sharp without
>> photo shop unsharp mask even though most of the shots I take look fine
>> under a light table and are taken on a tripod with appature and mirror
>> prefire @ f8 or f11.
> James,
>
> This is a requirement of scanners, just like digital comeras. Drum
> scanners
> have very complex proprietary USM as a part of the software, quite
> often
> deep in things with no controls.
>
> That said, I've got some good 11x14's from full res 5400 scans without
> any
> USM. I scan mostly negs.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
>
>
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