The surprise to me is not that the two new films need sharpening but
that the other films do not. I suspect that all of your pictures can be
improved with sharpening just after they are resized for printing.
Since you think your original TIFF files look OK the problem can not be
with the film or the scanning. It can only be in the JPEG conversion.
I would double check the parameters used for conversion. I remember
once setting the quality level very low to make a very small file. Then
I forgot the setting but the conversion software did not forget. I did
not notice until checking the images later.
Chuck Norcutt
Michael Wong wrote:
> Dear all,
> I am taking film for 2-1/2 years. I frequently use E100vs, RVP, HD200,
> N160VC, N160NC ..................... As my work flow I mentioned before, I
> scan the film with 12 bit to TIFF & then convert to 8 bit and resize,
> finally save as JPEG. I am seldom add USM to my pictures since I think the
> images are sharp enough even resized.
>
> My last trip to HK Disneyland, I tried 2 negative film I never use before.
> They were Agfa Ultra 100 & KM Centuria 100. I found that the images of
> JPEG were very blur as out-focus. I watched my TIFF files that no problem at
> all. I never found this situation for I frequently use slide/negative film.
> I need to add USM to the pictures to make them sharper as in-focus.
>
> The technician of a photo printing shop nearby my home said that the density
> of slide/negative film is very high which I mostly use. I doubt that the
> density of Agfa Ultra 100 & KM Centuria 100 are lower that caused the images
> blur upon resized.
>
>
> Any idea for my case????
>
>
> Thanks a lot!!!!
>
>
>
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