Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, I am not very experienced, but I would try scanning again, changing the settings of your scanning software. Something that often works is to scan B&W as color negative, and then choose a particular channel to make adjustments before converting to monochrome in PS. Juan On Mar 5, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Richard wrote: > Or may be something is wrong with my workflow. To recap, M7, develop > using a Jobo with 5 min pre-rinse but otherwise recommended > development time. Lauder Chemical D76 clone, stock solution. Timing > gotten from www.digitaltruth.com. Then I scan the film in using Nikon > LS-4000 as BW neg with 14 bits-depth. ICE off. > > Here's a sample from Tr-X TX-400. Not great art, but decent tonal > range: http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/tmp/img033.jpg > > Here's a sample from HP5+: > http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/tmp/IMG022.jpg The whole roll > taken at different times of the day and different places is all like > this: the exposure seems to be off or something and the highlights are > gone. I don't have an enlarger. From the lightbox and using a loupe, > the drum head for example does look fairly dark, but I am not sure if > it should translate into this much white. So may be there is something > wrong with the scanner all of a sudden? > > Unfortunately, too many variables - M7 light meter can be off. D76 may > be bad for HP5+. Jobo rotary processing is possibly a culprit. > Scanner.... > > > Arggghhh... Oh well. I guess I will try another roll... I have the Tri > X in the camera now. I will shoot that today and see (pushed to ASA800 > using Xtol) > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please use richard at imagecraft.com) > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information