Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 14 July 2002 15:19 Subject: RE: [Leica] More Hollowell Steam Rally > Graham, > > I enjoy these photographaphs very much; especially > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/gal3_09.html > Given all the colors around, I would have never thought of shooting > in B&W. > > I noticed that the color photographs have a certain look to them (high saturation, > low contrast ?) that is very appealing to me. They remind me of the look of the color > shots in Jonathan Eastland's book "Leica M Compendium". I often associate this > look with the combination of Leica lenses and Kodachrome, rightly or wrongly. > I wonder what your scanning technique and equipment is ? Thanks for any > information. ===================================================================== Hi Phong, I have an HP Photosmart S20 scanner. I use Vuescan software and since there is no specific profile for Agfa Vista 200 I set it to Agfacolour XRG/XRS 200. I get a 22MB file and it always scans too light so I darken it using the levels slider in Photoshop rather than in the scanner setting. I do it that way because Sonny Carter advised it and, as is the way with advice from Sonny, it works. Hope this answers your query. Graham http://geebeephoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html