[Leica] OT: Vuescan Settings and Tri-X

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Greg, here's what I use:
INPUT:
B/W Neagtive
16 bits Gray
NO lock exposure, things at default

COLOR:
Generic COLOR negative (yes! I found this to be consistently better than 
using T-MAX400 with different CI)
(I think the following are default)
Blakc point 0%
White pt: 0.155%
Brightness: 1

OUTPUT:
16 bit Gray. Do NOT use 8 bits, you lose information big time.

The 3 links that I posted a couple days ago are Tri X scanned using this 
setup

At 07:22 PM 2/6/2006, GREG LORENZO wrote:

>I've just downloaded the latest verson of Vuescan and giving scanning 
>another go.
>
>I primarily shoot Tri-X, and Vuescan for some odd reason doesn't list 
>Tri-X as a preset film type. I've decided to use the TMax-400 default and 
>set up my profile as follows:
>
>Output 48bit rgb Vuescan raw file
>
>Settings:
>
>Input|Media type: B/W negative
>
>Input|Bits per pixel: 48 bit RGB
>
>Input|Lock film base color: ticked, with 1/1/1 for r/g/b
>
>Crop|Buffer%: 0
>
>Color|B/W Vendor: Kodak
>
>Color|B/W brand: TMax400
>
>Color|B/W type: D76 CI:.55
>
>Color|B/W curve: manual with 1/1/1 (or neutral)
>
>Color|black point: 0.02%
>
>Color|white point: 0.02%
>
>Color|brightness: 0.7
>
>Output|Tiff file type: 8 bit grey
>
>I'm not getting anything like the information and quality I can get from 
>the same negative printed in my darkroom and this is pretty frustrating.
>
>Can someone who is scanning Tri-X sucessfully using Vuescan suggest what 
>is I'm doing wrong with my setup?
>
>Regards,
>
>Greg
>
>
>
>
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