Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/01

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Subject: [Leica] Scanning with coolscan
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Wed Mar 1 15:29:47 2006
References: <000501c63cac$85c77280$c98e4354@GeeBee> <6.1.0.6.2.20060228165133.1209c048@192.168.100.42> <00c901c63d83$7410b560$60984354@GeeBee>

The whole image looks still sharper, cleaner .............. or it's  
my eyes needing bed.

B.

On 1-mrt-2006, at 23:57, GeeBee wrote:

> Hi Richard/Daniel,
>
> It was the sky that was bugging me, I knew there was some  
> pixelation/graininess in the sky but it looks so much worse on an  
> LCD screen than my old monitor. I have always had the problem  
> because of my tendency to include large areas of sky but I had  
> hoped the new scanner would improve things. I have reworked it with  
> Nikon software with Digital ICE and Digital GEM enabled ( I  
> couldn't see where switch them on in Vuescan) and I am happy with  
> the result. Hopefully  I have learned enough to be able to repeat  
> the process when I get some new stuff.
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/l10.html
>
> Thank you both for your help
>
> --Graham
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard" <richard- 
> lists@imagecraft.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>; "LUG" <lug@leica- 
> users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanning with coolscan
>
>
>> Graham, are you saying there is something wrong with the following  
>> pic? It looks pretty clean to me. Again, looking at things at 100%  
>> mag in Photoshop vs. web, or even an inkjet print can be very  
>> different. Print it out and see if you like it!
>>
>> There may be some "grain clumping" in the sky and that is a known  
>> problem with scanning in general. My brief test with a Minolta  
>> Elite 5400 does show that it is slightly better than the Nikon  
>> when scanning large patch of gray, but the difference is small.  
>> Try running some noise reduction filter on it and see if it improves.
>>
>> Really though, to me the picture is just fine as it is, and as  
>> usual from you, excellent. You just consistently produce pictures  
>> that are oh-so-nice. I wish I have your eyes.
>>
>> At 01:18 PM 2/28/2006, GeeBee wrote:
>>> ...
>>> but I am really haviing to work at b&w. The results with Nikon  
>>> software looked horrendously course, as in sand textured in  
>>> PhotoShop, so I reverted to Vuescan for this rescan of an old  
>>> shot. My lifelong preference for mono could be on the way out.
>>>
>>> http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/l10.html
>>>
>>> Any scanning tips for b&w with the Nikon would be much appreciated.
>>
>> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,  
>> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>>
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