Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I agree, too much unsharp masking. The point is that the LS-2000 just isn't resolving the grain patterns. You can get nice 6 x 9 prints with less unsharp masking--you just can't see that nice grain texture. Mark Davison - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: scanning B&W: salt and pepper appearance > Mark E Davison wrote: > > > > I tracked down the origin of the salt-and-pepper texture I was seeing. It > > results from trying to use unsharp masking to resolve the grain and recover > > the acuity of the B&W image. Basically with the Nikon LS-2000 at 2700 dpi > > you hit the salt and pepper before you satisfactorily recover the grain. For > > me its especially acute with Neopan 1600. > > > > Here's an example: > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=278487&size=lg > > > > Mark Davison > > To me it looks like too much unsharp mask. Or unsharp mask done twice. > > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon > USA > > http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ >