Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So there would be no use in having something scanned on a state of the art machine since there is nothing there to scan? > Hi Simon, > > I don't know which scanner you have, but my experience with my Nikon LS > 2000 is that underexposed (i.e. dark) Scala is the most difficult film > for the scanner to deal with. In general, I find that this scanner likes > slides that are on the "thin" side, i.e. somewhat more exposure than one > would ordinarily want. The problem is especially acute with Scala. I am > pretty sure you get the same issue with other film scanners, and I am > afraid there is not much you can do about it. > > Nathan > > animal wrote: > > > > Hello, some time ago i scanned a few i had taken at night on Agfa Scala > > slide film > > The slides looked dark but ok on the lighttable but i had a hard time > > scanning them. > > Remember that i increased the scanners brightness in order to get some > > volume on the histogram; > > producing artifacts like the ghost image of the staircase in this one: > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/apekop/image-40954.html > > Would it have gone better if i just left the light normal and modified the > > tones after scanning? > > Can,t try because the film is gone somewhere. > > Thanks again > > simon jessurun > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl > Mobile: +31 630 868 671 > > http://www.nathanfoto.com/index.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