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Subject: [Leica] Problem solved! Was: something wrong w/ HP5+?
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Sat Mar 5 23:51:08 2005
References: <6.1.0.6.2.20050305134746.05f4c0f0@192.168.100.42>

And the answer is....

Err99! Ha ha ha. Yup, a reboot of the computer and the scanner fixes it!!! 
Darn Microsquish... Here's a new scan:

http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/tmp/Image6.jpg

Wheee....

At 02:00 PM 3/5/2005, you 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?

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard at imagecraft.com) 


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