Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Matt, I use the same process that you describe, except that I don't have a film scanner, so I copy the CD images to my hard drive and examine them in PhotoShop. Any that seem worth while can be adjusted, cropped, etc, and saved as a final image. It works for me until I can afford a high-definition scanner. I find that, if I change the image from color to gray scale mode, I get a more characteristic B&W image. Good luck, Jim Nichols nicholsj@edge.net > [Original Message] > From: Matt Morgan <mattmorgan1@mac.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: 10/14/2004 8:03:19 PM > Subject: [Leica] Scanning C-41 B&W? > > Apologies if this is one of those regular questions, but I have shot a > few rolls of Kodak BW400CN, and put the first roll into a local > (not-pro) lab to process neg and scan onto CD. I'm not used to this > process, I normally take T-Max/Tri-X to the pro lab. > > The images on the CD have a 'look' that's not quite right. Quite low > contrast, no real blacks. I tried to scan a couple on my new scanner, > that I'm not a master of yet, Minolta Dimage Elite 5400, and the scans > are very contrasty, and lots of densely dark areas, not like the scans > I'm getting from true B&W negs. > > So, my question is, should I be scanning this film as a B&W neg or a > colour neg, and changing to B&W later? > > I probably won't bother with the CD next time, but like the idea of > quickly getting my negs processed, and have seen some good examples of > C-41 processed B&W shots on this forum, so just wondering how people > are getting optimum results? > > Thanks, Matt. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information