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Subject: Re: [OM] Don't EVER underexpose Velvia - Unless
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 23:46:39 +0100
You could have used a proper modern camera and saved yourself a lot of trouble 
;-)

Sorry, couldn´t resist.,,

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> On 26 Jan 2016, at 21:45, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> So, in the 10 rolls of slide film was one roll of Velvia 100F which
> had a half-dozen images were were accidently underexposed by two
> stops. I had accidentally left the ISO set to 400 before slapping my
> self with a wet cable release.
> 
> Total tossers? Yes, but only because the pictures were otherwise
> pretty marginal AND I have several PROPERLY exposed ones. Yet, I did
> go ahead and see what could be done.
> 
> I did a test scan with Vuescan and it actually did pretty well in
> recovering stuff lurking in the shadows, but the gamma is so far out
> of whack that it wasn't worth my time and energy to even do much more
> testing.
> 
> In Nikonscan, I turned ICE4 on full-tilt and had it do the DEE shadow
> recovery. I set it to 75 and stood way back. After what seemed like a
> year or two, it finished scanning those six frames and at a glance,
> the pictures are actually remarkably good. Unfortunately, the noise is
> through the roof and looks like an E-1 shot at ISO 3200.
> 
> It really surprised me because those slides are DENSE. I was expecting
> to find nothing but mush. But I can actually do something with these
> images if I really want to. That is reassuring to know.
> 
> -- 
> Ken Norton
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