Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oops. That should have been Kodak Gold 400 Gen 2. Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julian Koplen" <jkoplen@mindspring.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Arne's PAW 1 for 2002 Arne, I found a reference on a newsgroup that says NPH with Vuescan does better when you select Kodak Gold Gen 2 and do Hamrick's "advanced workflow suggestions". I tried it, and even without the "advanced workflow" it helped a lot. Still, not a pleasure to scan. Pity. Using PWPro, I also did better by going into color, using the eyedropper on the red channel, and bringing the red curve down just in the area where the eyedropper sample intersects that curve. Perhaps that could also be helpful with your Fuji scans. Trying to learn.........Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arne Helme" <Arne.Helme@stelvio.nl> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Arne's PAW 1 for 2002 Julian, I usually rate the XP2 Super at EI250 to obtain fine grain both in the shadow and highlight areas of the negative. Only in low light situations I rate it at EI400. XP2 Super is a nice compromise for someone like me who wants to do both darkroom and digital printing. I also like the tonality of this film a lot. BTW, all pictures were scanned with an LS-4000 using Vuescan to provide the final output files. I had some problems with the NPZ, though, and had to tweak the red values a lot in order to remove a strong red cast. It took more efforts to get a decent scan from the NPZ than from Portra 800. I may therefore go for the Portra 800 again the the future. - -- Arne In message <007b01c1952b$85dd74e0$fa631b3f@5lgcn01>, "Julian Koplen" writes: >Arne, > >I really enjoyed your indoor and outdoor work with the Fuji XP2 Super. The >tonality is very pleasing to me. Would you mind telling us at what E.I. you >were rating the film for these shots? > >The color picture on Fuji NPZ has the same very warm skin tones that I have >been dealing with in a series of indoor snapshots I did with Fuji NPH, which >I purchased explicitly for its reputation for superior rendering of skin >tones. At first I blamed my scanner or the indoor lighting. Lately I read >that it scans pink but prints beautifully with conventional darkroom >methods. How has your general experience been with NPZ and "the warmth >issue"? > >Again, my compliments..............Julian - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html