[filmscanners] Re: rebuild your scanner and get better results

["Major A" <andras@users.sourceforge.net>]

> I use an 8000, which works very well for me both in terms of sharpness and
> exposure.  I frequently use the variable exposure in B&W neg scanning.  I
> certainly makes a difference in where I can make the highlights or shadows
> fall at the extremes, especially on films with a long straight-line and not
> much shoulder, which have been developed commercially (I.e. overdeveloped by
> Zone system standards)
>
>  How is the exposure variation done in software?

Exposure is controlled by changing the time of exposure. The higher
you set exposure, the longer the scanner spends scanning each line,
making the whole scan slower.

  Andras

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