[filmscanners] Re: Black and white scansonLS4000EDandotherissues

["Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>]

Brian

You seems to be a happy LS4000 user.  How do you scan black & white negs
(assuming you do)?   Nikon clearly stated that you cannot use RGB positive
as the frame gaps are not recognised (I had this issue myself).  Do you use
mono settings?  If so, how do you clean the negs and/or scans as I saw too
many speckles, scratches etc. (far more than on an SS120 scan) to be able to
do a satisfactory job of cleaning after the scan.

Thanks.

Simon

On 30/6/02 1:26 pm, "Brian" <bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Compared to what I can get from an enlarger, my Nikon 4000 is a god-send-no
> problem with depth of focus problems either.
>
> Brian
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> respond to bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shunith Dutt" <shunith@vsnl.com>
> To: <bdplikaytis@bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 2:13 AM
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Black and white scans onLS4000EDandotherissues
>
>
> No problem here either :)
>
> SD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce M. Burnett" <buddybru@msn.com>
> To: <shunith@vsnl.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 8:48 AM
> Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Black and white scans onLS4000EDandotherissues
>
>
> Austin,
> You assume that everyone with a Nikon scanner has depth of focus issues.
> But not me nor the three others that I personally know who use them.  No
> depth of focus problems.  I am not saying that there isn't an issue with
> depth of focus, but that some units(or maybe we just have flat film)do
> not exhibit the problem.
> Bruce Burnett
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Austin Franklin
> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 8:51 PM
> To: buddybru@msn.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Black and white scans
> onLS4000EDandotherissues
>
> Hi Todd,
>
>> Most of the sources I've seen discuss the Callier effect show the same
> neg
>> printed through the two light sources. Unfortunately, what they've
> done is
>> taken a neg that was tailored to print well on a coldlight and printed
> it
>> with a condenser, then claim the highlights burn out...DUH.
>> Likewise if they
>> print a neg that was tailored to a condenser and print it with a
> coldlight
>> it will look flat.
>
> Well, it has been well proven that you can get the same density range
> from
> the same negative with a cold light or a point light source, using
> appropriate exposure time, aperture and grade of paper (or filter), so
> that
> is a non-issue.  The other issues are the "Callier effect", sharpness,
> dust,
> scratches and tonality (dynamic range).
>
>> the
>> Callier effect is predicable, and in some cases useful, and can be
>> compensated for as needed.
>
> What about the limited depth of focus, as well as scratches and dust?
> How
> do you compensate for that?
>
>> Not sure if depth of focus is of any real relevance.
>
> Snark, snark...ask people who own Nikon scanners if depth of focus is an
> issue or not ;-)
>
>> Anyway, just my experience, not out to tell anyone theirs is wrong.
>
> Understood.  Me too.
>
> Austin
>


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