Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Have the same experience with "kodak color 200" i think it is a discount version of the kodak gold film - looks like 800 asa when scanning it - I got the best result by using a agfa negative profile for the scan though - not on a Nikon bu on an artixscan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad Exposure or Something Else? > Beware of Gold 200 if you use a 4000 dpi Nikon scanner. Of all the films I > have scanned it seems to suffer the most from what I am told is grain > aliasing. The scans look very grainy for a 200 asa film. > Frank > > On 6 Dec, 2004, at 23:21, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Richard, >> >> After similar disappointments, I settled on Kodak Gold 200, and it has >> served me well. There should be a similar Professional Version rated at >> 200, but I have not really pursued that route yet. >> >> Jim Nichols >> nicholsj@edge.net >> >> >>> [Original Message] >>> From: Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Date: 12/6/2004 1:04:35 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad Exposure or Something Else? >>> >>> John - Your "sinful" attempt to correct the image is certainly closer >>> to what I saw - and thanks you and to all the others who responded >>> with ideas and suggestions. >>> >>> What really bothers me about the photo (and about the dozen or so >>> others I took at the same time) is the blown out highlights. I've >>> now looked at the negatives more carefully and the highlights are >>> badly blown out there, too. (Which eliminates the scanning as an >>> issue.) I think if the highlights weren't so badly blown it might >>> have been possible to make something of the picture. >>> >>> So, I think what I've learned is: >>> >>> 1. ASA 400 color negative film really isn't universal. I should have >>> used a longer-scale film, ASA 100 or so, in this situation. >>> >>> 2. Overexposure really isn't OK with color negative film (though is >>> far more forgiving than slide film). I've always exposed for the >>> shadows and let the highlights take care of themselves. That >>> obviously doesn't always work. >>> >>> 3. Photoshop can't fix everything. >>> >>> You are forgiven. Your good works saved you. Go and sin no more... >>> (unless that is, you want to try again to fix one of my miserable >>> attempts to commit photography, in which case, sin away.) >>> >>>> May God have mercy on my immortal soul. Is this more what you had in >> mind? >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album63/another_man_s_image >>>> >>>> John Collier >>>> >>>> On Dec 5, 2004, at 5:50 PM, Richard S. Taylor wrote: >>>> >>>>> As I turned onto Memorial Drive in Cambridge last week the >>>>> sycamores along the drive were glowing white-gold in the >>>>> mid-afternoon sunlight. I quickly parked and took pictures. The >>>>> results were disappointing to say the least. I've posted one >>>>> example here: >>>>> >>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/PICKS/21_0021> >>>>> >>>>> Photographic qualities of the picture aside, I wonder if any of you >>>>> might have any thoughts on what I might have done to improve the >>>>> rendition of the glowing trees that I saw with my eyes. There >>>>> seems to be an exposure issue here since the highlights look blown >>>>> out but would it have been better on a slower film, or is there a >>>>> scanning problem, or something else? >>>>> >>>>> This photo isn't even close to the image I had in my head. >>>>> Manipulation in Photoshop to darken the image overall helps but >>>>> isn't really the solution. The posted picture is unmanipulated and >>>>> uncropped. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dick >>> Boston MA >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information