Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >