Marvin wrote:
>At 04:43 AM 6/14/01, Rob Geraghty wrote in another thread (films for scanning):
>>Silver based B&W films do not scan at all well with the LS30
> Often, I believe we are too concerned with overkill in specs.
> Rob's remark triggered a question in my mind. Assuming you
> are satisfied with 1024 pixel width on a computer monitor
[snip]
Marvin, could you possibly paraphrase the question? I'm not sure I understand
what you're asking.
> I am reminded of the remark of the master photographer
> that heard someone complain about the grain in their
> prints. His remark was: "then...make smaller prints."
Actually with the LS30 and silver based B&W film the problem seems to be
dynamic range, not so much grain. One particular roll of FP4 I tried produced
horribly posterised results in Nikonscan; it simply couldn't get enough
data in 8 bits of monochrome. Vuescan is better since it accesses all 10
bits per channel the hardware produces, but I think more bits and a brighter
light source are probably needed. Tony Sleep has mentioned about aliasing
in silver films in the past. Given the poor results I got initially, I
haven't persisted with trying to scan such films, but stuck to T400CN instead,
or printed them with an enlarger.
Rob
Rob Geraghty harper@wordweb.com
