Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]charles walden wrote: > > 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 > Would a double scan from a dense extended range but blocked up neg produce a better image than a single scan made from a neg with a comfortable tonal range which can be easily dealt with? I don't know for sure but my vote at this point would go to the single scan. I'm more a darkroom expert than digital but over developing my negs? I'd not even do that to make a platinum print! A fried Negative is a tragedy! Mark Over Easy Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html