Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good, Luis! I'm glad I could help. Tina On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Tina, > > I come back to you. I've do some very fast trials following your advice > and I see good results, I still have to do much more experience but I'm > happy. I think LR has more possibilities than Capture One, I'm used with > it, maybe in the future when I can afford a M9 I'll do a trial with LR. > > Thank you very much again for your help! > > Saludos > Lluis > > > El 05/01/2012, a las 19:09, Tina Manley escribi?: > > Hi, Luis - >> >> I answered your e-mail while I was waiting in the dentist's office. When >> I >> got back home, I checked to be sure how I was scanning. I use the 48 Bit >> HDR Color for scanning everything, even black and white. I set it for >> either negative or positive but still have to invert the curve when I >> import negatives into LR. I scan at 4000 dpi and end up with a file about >> 120MB. I keep Digital ICE on normal, unless I'm scanning B&W or >> Kodachrome. And I use the multiple exposure feature to scan every slide >> twice at different exposures. I believe that is how Silverfast advises >> you >> to scan to get every bit of the information that is available in the film. >> The scans come out dark and dense, but that's because they are Raw files >> and have to be converted either with Silverfast's HDR program or in LR or >> PS. I tried the HDR program but find I can get just as good results in LR >> and PS and it's a lot easier to use the ones I'm familiar with. >> >> Hope this helps! Good luck. >> >> Tina >> >> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at >> gmail.com >> >**wrote: >> >> Hi Tina, >>> >>> I know you are expert with the Silverfast, I've bought recently a Plustek >>> film scanner with Silverfast SE, it offers different forms to scan B&W >>> negatives: >>> >>> a) 16->8 bit Gray scale >>> >>> b) 16 bit HDR Gray Escale >>> >>> c) 32 bit HDRi Gray Scale >>> >>> The first one allow manual adjustments on curves, histogramm...etc..., >>> I've sate that without any mask of focus the better result is obtained. >>> The >>> b and c don't allow any manual adjustments but IMO they produce finest >>> quality, the c makes really big files if you save it in Tiff, about 100 >>> MB!, IMO the b is a good option. What I'm surprised is that b and c scann >>> an image in negative and after I shall invert it in PS and do the >>> adjustments.i L >>> >>> Thank you very much in advance! >>> >>> Saludos >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________****_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/****mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug> >>> <http://**leica-users.org/mailman/**listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>>for >>> more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com