[Leica] Nippon Days: #16

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

I bought a used Nikon 8000 and searched high and low for the GR8690 
(I think) glass carrier.

Also, Phillipe wondered why the photos look very contrasty and this 
is what I said:

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Unfortunately it's probably not your monitor.  It's a very sunny day, 
as most of August in Japan. So the pictures are very contrasty. With 
this particular one, also, the people are under the awning so they 
are probably slightly underexposed. Fill flash is another option, but 
I don't use that...

Another issue I notice is that when shrink down to web size, the Xpan 
photos look even more contrasty. I am already using a 
stepwise-shrinking photoshop action that works quite well with 
non-XPan photos otherwise. Anyway, I re-did it with some dodging and 
less sharpening. May be it helps just a little?

At 11:54 PM 9/30/2007, mehrdad wrote:
>how are u scanning them
>
>On 9/30/07, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
> > Yes they are. Provia or Astia 100F. Photos taken with a mix of
> > 30/45/90 mm lens.
> >
> > At 11:26 PM 9/30/2007, mehrdad wrote:
> > >are these xpan shots?
> > >
> > >On 9/30/07, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
> > > > Back to scanning Nippon photos. This is one of the (many) water basin
> > > > for purification purpose. I guess the woman needed both her hands
> > > > free. Didn't even notice until now:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9853

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