[Leica] Your opinions please

[Lluis Ripoll]

Hi Peter,

Thank you very much for your kind details.

I’ve never tested PWP, but I think my problems is not the software, IMHO with Capture One 7Pro, Vuescan Pro and PS I shall have enough options. IMHO the problem is that film quality has been changed and adjust the development to this.  
When I’m scanning old films it work, when I scann Ilford HP5 it works almost perfect, because this film has been practically unchanged and Tri-X and others yes.

I’m agree about the limitations of Capture One removing the dust spots, I scann everything at 16 bit Tiff.

Thank you very much again!!!

Cheers
Lluis

El 03/08/2014, a las 22:45, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> escribió:

> Hi, Lluis!  I agree that the V7000/LR5 is best.
> 
> I've used a Canon FS-4000 scanner for years. The supplied Canon software made high contrast scans much like your first example. This was "baked in" and couldn't be undone. So I switched to VueScan.
> 
> After scanning, I adjust and dust-spot the images in Picture Window Pro (PWP). I have two methods:
> 
> For pictures that will be printed or I want maximum detail/quality, I scan to 16-bit TIF files using maximum resolution and lowest contrast (making sure that the extremes of highlight and shadow are within the curve). Then I do my adjustments in PWP.  If the picture is very contrasty, I turn on the feature that does two passes with the scanner, one exposure for highlights and one for shadows. Only some scanners support this, I don't know if your Plustek does.
> 
> For old family pictures that will be only viewed on-screen or don't have much resolution to begin with, I scan to JPG. I have some settings that work well most of the time. They get the picture right, or almost right. I do only a little adjustment in PWP, and it's done.
> 
> Part of your problem may be that scanning film is very different from "scanning" real life with a digital camera. In one case the sensor is getting light reflected from reality.  In the other, it's getting light transmitted through the film, which has changed the contrast range of the original scene. So the Raw software may be getting a very different contrast range than it was designed for, and the default settings are way off.
> 
> I thought about trying to use Capture One with my film scans. The VueScan version I have doesn't create DNG files, and I haven't upgraded yet. The other issue is that Capture One can remove little spots of dust, but to remove longer "threads," regular image editing software with a clone tool is better.
> 
> --Peter
> 
> > Thank to all of you my friends for your opinions, I think too that the V7000
> > and LR5 processing is better, I would like do some more test with V700 and
> > Vuescan because with it I can do DNG files. I?m also surprised seeing such
> > differences in scanning quality, I have also tested with Silverfast but not
> > showed in my opinion the two I?ve show was the best.
> 
> 
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