[filmscanners] RE: New price on Flextight Photo in UK

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

> As for film base, there
> are about fifty profiles for various film types in the scanning software.
> How good they all are remains ot be seen.

Hi Simon,

I have always contended that film profiles are marginally useful.  The
dependencies on exposure and development weigh heavily on a profiles ability
to be correct, as well as scanner calibration and illumination.  The
Leafscan has been used for 13 years now, and there are no film profiles for
them...yet, it probably has been used to scan more film than any other
scanner alive ;-)

Personally, I wouldn't give too much weight to film profile
availability...once you get the hang of setting black and white points, and
curves, you'll probably forget all about them.

Regards,

Austin

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