[LargeFormat] Scanning B&W negs in colour
Clive Warren
largeformat@f32.net
Thu Feb 22 19:02:02 2001
At 10:06 pm -0600 21/2/01, Pam Niedermayer wrote:
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>Clive Warren wrote:
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>> I was a little disappointed with the 4x5 B&W neg. scans carried out
>> so far, but I have only tried a couple so it may be the case that
>> more experimentation is needed. When the limits of the SilverFast
>> software is reached then VueScan may be worth a look if the B&W negs
> > are still unsatisfactory.
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>Yes, definitely keep at it, getting high quality scans is not a
>trivial effort. If there were any real connection between PS and
>scanning software, most likely it was simply the 256 number, since 256
>can be represented in 8 bits, or one word on older pc's. These days
>words are much longer, of course, but this is the type of thing that
>could be held over in pursuit of compatibility.
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Pam
Thanks Pam, will definitely be trying out a few more negs after the
weekend and see if I can beat the system into submission :-)
Will let you know how it goes....
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All the best,
Clive Warren http://www.f32.net
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