Thanks Piers.
K.
On 04/07/07, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
> Khen's images are here:
> <http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/House 200dpi.jpg>
> <http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/House 300dpi.jpg>
> <http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/House 600dpi.jpg>
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> Piers
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of khen lim
> Sent: 04 July 2007 08:31
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: 6x6cm contact print
>
>
> Here are two scans of the same photo; one in 200dpi and the other in
> 300dpi.
> We're not talking about any high-tech scanner here. In fact this was the
> HP
> ScanJet model that I bought for him a while ago but the humid conditions
> in
> Malaysia are simply awful. The glass platen is now scaly. If you look
> closely enough you see something that looks like a loose black thread
> webbing itself throughout the platen. Fading into the background is a
> greyish web-like scaling as well. It's discouraging and disheartening but
> that's the only scanner I have to use.
>
> In my next posting, I'll attach a 600dpi version of the same photo. You
> can
> have a look at any of them.
>
> I also did a 1200dpi scan and then applied a bit of sharpening but not too
> much. From that one I made a print to check it out. It wasn't too bad but
> it
> isn't anything to write home about. The depth in the image was missing in
> the printout.
>
> Thanks
>
> K.
>
>
>
>
> On 03/07/07, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > AG Schnozz wrote:
> > >> It's not lustre. It's not matte. It's gloss but paper-based as
> > >> opposed to PE-based paper.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Ah, that's the problem. Fiber-glossy does not flatbed scan very well.
> > > I'd suggest a copy-stand with a DSLR.
> > >
> > Are we talking about the same things here? Khen asked about an old 6x6
> > contact print from a Brownie. My experience is that flatbed scanning
> > can capture everything that's on that sort of print.
> >
> > Look at the third example in the sample I posted.
> > http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Scan/Scan6x7/Tootle.htm
> >
> > I had no trouble at all capturing the whole, rather limited, dynamic
> > range of the print. And 600 dpi is enough to bring up the detail of
> > the grain, whatever combo of film/print grain it may be. What else is
> > there to capture with a camera? I may try out the 5D on it, just for
> > curiosity, when my copy stand comes back from loan to a friend, but
> > I'm sort of stumped as to what else it might find.
> >
> > >> We're talking about the Sixties here, Chuck.
> > >>
> > Well, maybe that's part of it? My sample is from 1946.
> >
> > Moose
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