Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Skip Thanks very much. I will definitely check it out. Simon Amateur efforts at http://www.phoenixdb.co.uk/leica - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Skip Williams" <skipwilliams@pobox.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanning images from Tri-X negatives > > You might want to try Ed Hamrik's VueScan at > http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html. He has presets for B&W negatives from > different films and densities. > > Skip > > At 12:26 PM 5/22/00 +0100, you wrote: > >I am trying to scan images from Tri-X negatives using a Coolscan III LS30 > >and they all come out very overexposed. I have turned off the colour > >management and am using the grayscale scanning option. When I scan Scala > >slides they are great, it is just the Tri-X negatives. > > > >I can adjust the scanner to apply a -EV to the scan process but the scans > >then look very grainy and I do not particlularly like changing the images > >too much. The printed Tri-X images are fine. > > > >The tenuous link to Leica is that I have taken the images with my M6! > > > >Any ideas on how to do good scans would be welcome. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Simon > >