[Leica] Scanning with coolscan

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

I just had to smile. It's such a lovely shot and Graham presents it as
if he is not entirely happy with it :-)

It's beautiful. Ok, Ok ... I see that you write "I am happy with the
result" ... I would certainly _hope_ so :-)

Looks like you found the key. I might even pull out the Nikon software
with mine. I didn't even bother installing it.

Best,
Daniel


On 3/1/06, GeeBee <graham@geebeespaw.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Richard/Daniel,
>
> It was the sky that was bugging me, I knew there was some
> pixelation/graininess in the sky but it looks so much worse on an LCD 
> screen
> than my old monitor. I have always had the problem because of my tendency 
> to
> include large areas of sky but I had hoped the new scanner would improve
> things. I have reworked it with Nikon software with Digital ICE and Digital
> GEM enabled ( I couldn't see where switch them on in Vuescan) and I am 
> happy
> with the result. Hopefully  I have learned enough to be able to repeat the
> process when I get some new stuff.
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/l10.html
>
> Thank you both for your help
>
> --Graham
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>; "LUG" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanning with coolscan
>
>
> > Graham, are you saying there is something wrong with the following pic? 
> > It
> > looks pretty clean to me. Again, looking at things at 100% mag in
> > Photoshop vs. web, or even an inkjet print can be very different. Print 
> > it
> > out and see if you like it!
> >
> > There may be some "grain clumping" in the sky and that is a known problem
> > with scanning in general. My brief test with a Minolta Elite 5400 does
> > show that it is slightly better than the Nikon when scanning large patch
> > of gray, but the difference is small. Try running some noise reduction
> > filter on it and see if it improves.
> >
> > Really though, to me the picture is just fine as it is, and as usual from
> > you, excellent. You just consistently produce pictures that are
> > oh-so-nice. I wish I have your eyes.
> >
> > At 01:18 PM 2/28/2006, GeeBee wrote:
> >>...
> >>but I am really haviing to work at b&w. The results with Nikon software
> >>looked horrendously course, as in sand textured in PhotoShop, so I
> >>reverted to Vuescan for this rescan of an old shot. My lifelong 
> >>preference
> >>for mono could be on the way out.
> >>
> >>http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/l10.html
> >>
> >>Any scanning tips for b&w with the Nikon would be much appreciated.
> >
> > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
> > use richard at imagecraft.com)
> >
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