[Leica] Your opinions please

[John McMaster]

Hi Lluis, what does v700/Vuescan/LR5 give you?

I always want low contrast b&w film scans (similar to the Monochrom), you can then manipulate the image far more than if you start with a high contrast image....

john

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From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lluis Ripoll
Sent: Sunday, 3 August 2014 6:48 a.m.
To: Leica Users Group; MUGers at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Leica] Your opinions please

I would like know your opinions, I'm not quite happy with the B&W I'm getting from my scanned latest films. In my opinion the first one I've posted The highlights and shadows areas are too extremes and in the picture the gray scale is very poor:

Plustek Scanner, Vuescan and processed with Capture One 7Pro <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Barceloneta/2014070301.jpg.html>

I've do two new versions:

Plustek Scanner, Vuescan and processed with LR5 <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Barceloneta/2014070301bisLR5.jpg.html>

Epson V700, Epson Software, processed in LR5 <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Barceloneta/2014070301V700EPSoft001LR5.jpg.html>

What do you think? I Think I would choose the one with Plustek, Vuescan and LR5 I like better the contrast and on the other hand with Vuescan I can produce DNG files and this is much better.

Thank you very much!

Saludos cordiales
Lluis