Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina I know you have mentioned this capability of photoshop / scanners on a couple of occasions and it made me wonder if using that technique would affect how you develop your negatives. Specifically, my understanding has always been that film can capture a wider range of tones than paper, hence the need to adjust (reduce) your development to compress the dynamics of what the camera sees down to a range that can be printed on a reasonable grade of paper. But if the scanner can actually capture a wide dynamic range by scanning twice, it seems like you would ideally develop negatives longer and with a higher contrast so that you could extract the full range of what is possible in the film and then compress it down in Photoshop. Does this make sense? Does anyone actually do it? Or maybe my understanding of film / development / scanning / printing is off? I still print in the darkroom as opposed to digitally, but have begun to give some thought to it after all the discussion I've read on the LUG. thanks charlie - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Gree Leafe, late summer > At 02:11 PM 6/3/02 -0400, you wrote: > > >If anyone has technical suggestions regarding alternate films (T400CN > >here) or exposure techniques that might have worked here, then I'm all > >ears. I very much want to perfect a technique for working in this sort of > >light. > > > >Chandos > > Chandos - > > You can extend the dynamic range by scanning once for highlights and once > for shadows and combining the two scans. > > I like the photo the way it is, though. > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > > images available from: > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.mira.com > http://www.agpix.com > http://www.newscom.com > > > > > -- > 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