Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Scanning Tri-X
From: eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi)
Date: Sat Aug 18 08:32:57 2007
References: <C2ECC92E.F29B%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>

I have also never seen those kind of artifacts after scanning tons of  
Tri-X with 4000 ppi Minolta scanners, either under the proprietary  
scanning software or under VueScan

Ed

El 18/08/2007, a las 12:05, Steve Unsworth escribi?:

> My experience is the same as yours Larry based on scanning hundreds  
> of rolls
> of Tri-X.
>
> I did have a long and at times heated discussion with someone on  
> the Leica
> forum who kept telling everyone that scanning silver b&w negatives and
> getting decent results was impossible due to the type of light  
> source. After
> a few dozen messages he admitted that his experience was based on a  
> friend's
> unsuccessful scan of a single frame and that he'd never actually  
> tried it
> himself. He was a very clever chap (and I mean that genuinely) but his
> approach was purely theoretical.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 18/8/07 15:50, "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Can someone explain what he means in plain language?  I've scanned
>> hundreds of Tri-X negatives with my Minolta Dimage 5400 scanner at
>> 4000ppi, and, apart from the inevitable dust spots on poorly stored
>> negatives, I have yet to see what he means. If there is a problem, is
>> the scanner software correcting it automatically?
>
>
>
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