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Re: [OM] [IMG] first one with the 300mm f/4, 5 (monitor calibration)

Subject: Re: [OM] [IMG] first one with the 300mm f/4, 5 (monitor calibration)
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:43:23 -0400
I did see light streaks in the black area to the right of the tree.  Is 
that what you're talking about.  I assumed that was part of the scene.

Chuck Norcutt

C.H.Ling wrote:
> There are some flare along the edges of the tree (right side). You need a 
> monitor that can see the dark values (my monitor cannot resolve all, only 
> marginally resolved to 3):
> 
> http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php
> 
> BTW, I found removing the external calibration (Spyder 2 pro) my monitor 
> gamma values on different colors are more accurate:
> 
> http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/gamma_calibration.php
> 
> Together with the ability to resolve most of the white values then your 
> monitor should be very good (my monitor can resolve to 253 only).
> 
> http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/white.php
> 
> C.H.Ling
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"
> 
>> I'm afraid I don't see any "haze" and have no idea what y'all are
>> carryin' on about.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> C.H.Ling wrote:
>>> Yes, hazy is still there, 4000ED is famous for flare, I believe the 
>>> problem
>>> is due to the poor lens system. I had lots of hard time in scanning high
>>> contrast slides. I remember a worse case was a lady wearing black fur
>>> standing beside a white car under the sun, film was Kodakchrome 64. The
>>> slide itself looked very nice and clean but the scan had lots of white
>>> diffused to the black fur, it took me lots of time to touch up the scan 
>>> with
>>> PS. I sent the scanner to N*kon for through cleaning, they did charged me
>>> for that but there was zero improvement.
>>>
>>> C.H.Ling
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile"
>>>
>>>> It's here:
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/3703345338/>
>>>>
>>>> link to 1280, link to view on black.
>>>>
>>>> Still hazy !?
>>>> Disassembling and cleaning the mirror is not that terrible. Problem is
>>>> to assemble the mirror back into place.
>>>> I think that when I did so on May 2008, it fitted somehow twisted, and
>>>> the crop never draws exactly on the border of the plastic slide's frame
>>>> :-(
>>>>
>>>> Fernando.
>>>>
>>>> Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>>>>> I may begin by ruling out an error made by a newbie.
>>>>> Specially when the wannabe photographer starts doing a scan too late at
>>>>> night and finishes it at 4 am ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Adjusted levels, curves and lightness, and right now the slide has been
>>>>> fed into the 4000ED.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I saw what you had seen: I adjusted those parameters wrong, for a
>>>>> start. Certainly things worsened when doing highlights/shadows.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was not too happy with a red shift of the Velvia, this issue biased 
>>>>> my
>>>>> judgement.
>>>>>
>>>>> Scanning has finished, shall upload soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you !
>>>>>
>>>>> Fernando.
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