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Subject: Re: [Leica] scanning dark scala question
From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:22:20 +0100
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H a Nathan for anything special i would recommend
http://www.marxenschuuring.nl/
to you ,
they have high end equipment you can rent and use there.
and they are a lot cheaper i,ve heard
thanks for the help,simon
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From: "Nathan Wajsman" <n.wajsman@chello.nl>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] scanning dark scala question


> Simon,
>
> As Don wrote, with high-end equipment you will be able to get something.
> I suggest that if the image is really important to you, let s-Color have
> a crack at it with their mega-thousand-Euro equipment, and see what they
> get out of the slide.
>
> Nathan
>
> animal wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > > >
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> > > Nathan Wajsman
> > > Almere, The Netherlands
> > >
> > > e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl
> > > Mobile: +31 630 868 671
> > >
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
>
> e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl
> Mobile: +31 630 868 671
>
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