Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 22/5/00 12:26 pm, Simon Lamb at s_lamb@compuserve.com 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. I have found that filmscanners like a thin neg. I used to expose Tri-X @ 320 habitually, but the negs were much too thick (looked 1-2 stops over), and I changed my EI and exposure habits accordingly. A neg that will print nicely is not necessarily one that will scan well, unfortunately. Interestingly, this whole process raised my game considerably in terms of care in exposure, and I find that I get much better grays and more assertive blacks since I have adapted to a thinner neg. Also if you are developing your Tri-X in Xtol, as I do, you may find that you get a better result with an EI of something like 600 ASA, as I think there is a real speed increase. My experience, anyway. - -- Johnny Deadman photos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com music: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk