Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, Definitely scan in RGB mode as you will get a larger file with more information. Always scan at the largest bit depth that your scanner will allow. Now comes the hard part, at what resolution to scan at. All I can suggest is to try the same negative at different resolutions and see what comes out. I have seen grain aliasing on one set of negatives that a fellow lugger helped me with by scanning on his Leaf. Last, turn off any sharpening in the scan phase. Also do enough adjustments after the prescan that you get all the information from the negative. Typically that involves adjusting the white and black points as well as using a curve dialogue to bring the tonality close to what you want. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 7/13/06, bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu> wrote: > > Folks - > > Okay; I'm trying to get over my general disappointment with the way my > B&W film scans looks (Tri-X or Neopan 1600 in Xtol). I now need to > scan several things within the next coupla hours. > > I see a lot of you folks posting some damn good-looking B&W images from > these film/developer combos. Is the collective wisdom that I should > scan the negs as color negs?? Howzabout scanning as positives and > flipping them in Photoshop?? Does scanning at 3200 or so often lead to > less grain aliasing than 4800? (I have a not-so-great Epson 2870 and > Silverfast.) > > Since I use the Digest mode, if anyone feels so kind as to E me > directly I'd sure appreciate it. I gotta get these thing out... > > Bob Palmieri > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >