Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information