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Subject: [Leica] Nippon Days: #16
From: phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)
Date: Mon Oct 1 06:48:12 2007
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Thanks Richard for your detailed reply.
I told you I like your pictures, and as I was scanning slides, I had 
this issue in mind.
Thanks again for the "exotic" views you bring over here.
Yours
Phil...x

Richard wrote:

> I bought a used Nikon 8000 and searched high and low for the GR8690 (I 
> think) glass carrier.
>
> Also, Phillipe wondered why the photos look very contrasty and this is 
> what I said:
>
> ****
> Unfortunately it's probably not your monitor.  It's a very sunny day, 
> as most of August in Japan. So the pictures are very contrasty. With 
> this particular one, also, the people are under the awning so they are 
> probably slightly underexposed. Fill flash is another option, but I 
> don't use that...
>
> Another issue I notice is that when shrink down to web size, the Xpan 
> photos look even more contrasty. I am already using a 
> stepwise-shrinking photoshop action that works quite well with 
> non-XPan photos otherwise. Anyway, I re-did it with some dodging and 
> less sharpening. May be it helps just a little?
>
> At 11:54 PM 9/30/2007, mehrdad wrote:
>
>> how are u scanning them
>>
>> On 9/30/07, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
>> > Yes they are. Provia or Astia 100F. Photos taken with a mix of
>> > 30/45/90 mm lens.
>> >
>> > At 11:26 PM 9/30/2007, mehrdad wrote:
>> > >are these xpan shots?
>> > >
>> > >On 9/30/07, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
>> > > > Back to scanning Nippon photos. This is one of the (many) water 
>> basin
>> > > > for purification purpose. I guess the woman needed both her hands
>> > > > free. Didn't even notice until now:
>> > > >
>> > > > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9853
>
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
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