Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jesse, At least as viewed here on my Powerbook screen, the second image (i.e. the one scanned from the negative) is far superior to the original one, in terms of tonality, sharpness, and all other relevant attributes. Nathan On 24-dec-2006, at 23:03, Jesse Hellman wrote: > After living with my Epson 4490 about six months I finally got up > the courage to try scanning a negative. I took one that I had > printed straight and then scanned. So, it took nearly an hour to > figure out why the "film" option was not available. Then I scanned > the Tri-X negative at 2400 dpi in 48 bit color and cropped it in > PhotoShop Elements to the original print dimensions, adjusted > contrast and brightness and finally sharpened it a bit with the > Unsharp Mask. > > I put it up next to the original scan. <http://gallery.leica- > users.org/v/Jesse+Hellman/Spoleto+2006/> I see that what I see on > my monitor is not what you see on the LUG Gallery nor what came out > of my Epson R800 printer (which, surprisingly enough, was not all > that bad). > > I see this is a new world. The LUG is giving me the courage to > expand my horizons. > > Merry Christmas! > > Jesse > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog