Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use more or less the same technique as Tina. I find Tri-X to be quite scannable, the more I use this film the more I like it. The one thing I have not tried is scanning in RGB mode, I may try it next time I have a really difficult negative. Nathan Tina Manley wrote: > > At 06:52 AM 2/23/2004 +0800, you wrote: > >Hi Luggers, > >I have been following the discussion of scanning B&W with Nikon scanners > >with great interest. Can someone (Nathan? Tina?) please send me the > >settings used to scan Tri X negatives cleanly on a Nikon Coolscan 4000. I > >have some Tri X negatives left over from my student days in France from > >the 1960's which I have tried to scan (digital ICE off etc.) and the > >results are unprintable. For new B&W I have given up on the usual > >emulsions and now use T400CN because it scans so easily - or, if shooting > >digital and wanting B&W, I just change digital colour into B&W either > >using grayscale or desaturation (which isn't the best way apparently - but > >works well enough for my taste). Any and all pointers will be most > >gratefully received - either on or off the list. Many thanks > >Howard > > Howard - > > I'm scanning some right now. For well-exposed negatives, I just scan on > Negative, Grayscale, at 4000 dpi, mulitiple scan of 4x, with all ICE > controls off. I use the focus adjustment to focus on the eyes. I look at > the preview and adjust the histogram for good blacks and whites and > scan. If I have a problem negative, I try scanning it with RGB as a color > negative and then adjust everything in PhotoShop with Levels and Channels. > > Hope this helps. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > -- > 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