RE: filmscanners: Supra 400 shadows

[JimD <rasterdogs@home.com>]

I've experienced similar 'speckles' with Supra 400 and Royal
Gold 4000 with my SS4000. Since this is the only scanner I've
ever used I don't know if what I assume to be noise is
something that happens with all scanners or is unique to the SS4000.

I've become quite fond of Provia 100F. It is sharp as a tack and
a joy to scan. Of course it does suffer in the exposure latitude
department. I'm still using negative films but am shifting more
to transparency film based on ease of scanning and the knock
your socks off quality of Provia.
-JimD


At 11:44 AM 8/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I have the exact same problem with Supra 400 - red and green speckles in 
>the shadows.  Like you, I can't get them to disappear without blowing away 
>a lot of shadow detail.  I don't know if a drum scan would solve this or 
>not - I've seen the same problem on both my SS4000 and my new LS-4000, so 
>I have my doubts.
>
>My (admittedly drastic) solution has been to stop using Supra 400.  I've 
>switched entirely to Provia 400F slide film, and I  find it scans just 
>beautifully.
>
>Paul Chefurka
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Matturri [mailto:jmatturr@earthlink.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:34 AM
>To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>Subject: filmscanners: Supra 400 shadows
>
>
>I've been having good results using Supra 400 (SS4000, Vuescan, current
>7.1.7) except for the noise-like areas in dark parts of the image. At
>times I can partially compensate for this by setting the black point but
>only at the cost of losing shadow detail that at times is needed for the
>image (and often still not really getting an adequately clean shadow
>areas). Any suggestions about how best to deal with this problem?
>
>If push comes to shove and I really need to use an image with this
>problem can I be more or less confident that a drum scan would solve the
>problem?
>
>John M.