[Leica] IMG: Shucking Corn

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Years back I tried scanning prints on a flatbed but I have far better 
results from film scanning (in a film scanner). A film scanner with 
multipass is much higher quality (I have found) than digital with 
bellows/slide copy attachment.

john
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Hi, Lluis,

Thanks!  I've tried Neat Image and cannot get it to work right.  Everything
just looks very smeary to me.  I've been going through spotting each spot,
one by one.  I have tried scanning prints on a flatbed, but I usually get
better results with a dedicated film scanner like my Nikon LS5000.  One
thing that is easier than the scanner and gives good results is a slide
duplicator fitted with a digital camera and macro lens.  You take an actual
digital photo of the slide or negative.  It takes more time because you
have to sit there and swap out each film.  My scanner with its bulk loader
just scans all day without any attention from me.  It's way too expensive
for me to consider drum scanning for all of my negatives, but I may select
a few and have that done some day.

Keep scanning!

Tina

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Lluis Ripoll
<lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote:

> Tina,
>
> I agree this picture is wonderful! you  are the Queen of the dark! I can
> imagine how difficult is get a "clean" image from a scanning, I've never
> heard about Neat Image, it works well? I've take a look on the website it
> looks interesting, but IMO the real test is when you print a large print. I
> don't know what to do with such images, I have the same problem with many
> of my old negatives. AFAIK the professional Drum scanners are the best ones
> to reproduce a diffuser light enlarger, maybe you can ask for a
> professional scanning, on the other hand the grain and the dust are less
> noticeable in the darkroom process than in a scanner, in such cases I've
> asked myself if it could be better work up to a scanning on a good flatbead
> scanner of an enlargement, and on this case I think that the copy it is not
> necessary that it is a perfect copy, a soft one would be enough, after you
> can work your scanned print and modify with Photoshop. Did you never tried
> this?
>
> Saludos
> Lluis
>
>
>
> El 20/02/2013, a las 23:26, Tina Manley escribi?:
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > I've been experimenting with layers and working on this one all day and
> > have probably gone too far.
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/148881790
> >
> > t's really grainy and dark.  I even bought Neat Image and tried it but
> that
> > made it worse - little crystal looking fibers all through the image.  It
> > looks like I'll have to take time to learn how to use the program and not
> > just hit Auto!  I really like the photo and would like to rescue it.  Any
> > suggestions would be gratefully accepted.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > www.tinamanley.com
> >