[filmscanners] Re: Grain from negs with Multi Pro

["John Pendley" <jpendley@alltel.net>]

My scans have improved dramatically since you gave me some
pointers.  Thank's very much.  Grain is no more a problem for me now than
it was in a wet darkroom.

You mention unsharp mask.  I really don't know how this feature should be
used (I don't have docs with PS).  I commonly use about 50 in usharp mask.

John

At 03:58 AM 02/25/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>You've raised the same question I have just posted (I just got to your
>posting now).  Perhaps someone can answer that question.  I'm suspecting
>there might be something to the use of "electronic sharpening" going on
>with certain scanners, or indeed some firmware or software sharpening.
>
>If it is within firmware, even using the same software won't remove the
>variable.  As I mentioned in my posting, I am beginning to think one
>can't judge a scan until proper use of unsharp masking is done to
>determine is any pre-sharpening has been feed into the mix, which might
>reduce the amount of unsharp masking that can be used before
>objectionable artifacts occur.
>
>Art
>
>Tomek Zakrzewski wrote:
>
> > Minolta Mulri Pro is said to give pronounced grain from neg scans.
> > My question is whether the results are worse than with Nikon LS-8000ED or
> > Polaroid SS120.
> > If there is a difference, is it caused by hardware related problems or
> > rather is it software which is responsible for bad effects with grain from
> > negatives?
> > If you used the same software, i.e. VueScan with Minolta and other scanners
> > to make the inversion from negative to positive, would the difference be
> > still visible? Did anyone make such a comparison?
> > I simply can't undestand why should Minolta give bigger grain than Nikon if
> > it has a softer light source.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tomek Zakrzewski
> >
> >
>
>
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