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Subject: [Leica] testing new toys: help
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Sun Mar 13 15:10:52 2005
References: <000401c527c4$fe4c3e50$0202a8c0@acer81080ea37f> <3b1852825f024796122b8e0f4410fa4f@ncable.net.au> <4234A40A.1070503@adrenaline.com>

So I'm learning ;-)

On 14/03/2005, at 7:35 AM, Scott McLoughlin wrote:

> FWIW, Vuescan was recommended by many on another forum for
> avoiding Nikon Scan's burning out of highlights with B&W film scans. 
> Sheesh, this film scanning stuff seems like black magic sometimes, 
> doesn't
> it :-)
>
> Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>> the scans with vuescan are not matching those done with the Nikon 
>> software: there seems to be more "burning" out of highlights. I have 
>> not really been able to work out why, I"ve set the b/w points to 0 
>> now and was using white balance and neutral. I'm running out of time 
>> before I leave for vietnam, so it may have to wait, but if you have 
>> any thoughts, do let me know.
>>
>> Cheers
>> On 13/03/2005, at 11:05 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote:
>>
>>> Alastair
>>>
>>> Have you tried setting the black and white points to 0? Try setting 
>>> the
>>> colour to neutral or auto levels.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org
>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On 
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Alastair Firkin
>>> Sent: 13 March 2005 03:35
>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>> Subject: [Leica] testing new toys: help
>>>
>>>
>>> I was advised to get vuescan for my Nikon 5000 ED. It is efficient, 
>>> but
>>> I seem to be "clipping" the highlights viz:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album103/PAWextra061
>>>
>>> anyone know what I should do to correct this?
>>>
>>> Alastair
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>> Alastair
>>
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>
Alastair


In reply to: Message from mail at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] testing new toys: help)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] testing new toys: help)
Message from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] testing new toys: help)