Please remember that these exaggerations only seem to
occur when scanning negatives, I wonder if that is
significant?
--- Arthur Entlich <artistic-1@shaw.ca> wrote: >
>
> Preston Earle wrote:
>
> > At 10:09 AM -0600 3/20/02, david/lisa soderman
> wrote: "Images from
> > scanned negs are extremely grainy" and "Meanwhile,
> the Scan Multi Pro
> > has rougher, grainy skin."
> >
> > "Roger Smith" <rsmith@unb.ca> added: "It sounds
> similar to what I get
> > with my Minolta Scan Dual II."
> >
> >
> > Yup, mine too. I started filtering everything for
> "light" grain
> > reduction in VueScan and quit worrying. That seems
> to get the grain to
> > acceptable levels without softening the image too
> much. I don't sharpen
> > in the scanner.
> >
> > Preston Earle
> > PEarle@triad.rr.com
> >
>
>
>
> The point Roger and I are making is that you may be
> sharpening in the
> scanner and not knowing it. SOme scanners are
> sharpening even when the
> sharpening software is set to zero. I am trying to
> find out which do
> this, and by how much. Based upon the light source
> in the Minolta
> Scanners, the exaggerated grain, dirt, dust and
> scratches, makes me
> wonder what's going on. Typically, the cold cathode
> type lighting
> diminishes these things rather than exaggerates
> them.
>
> Art
>
>
>
>
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