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Subject: [Leica] Nikon Coolscan 4000 Users.... I need help!
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon May 5 14:44:43 2008
References: <349463.9792.qm@web82103.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

On May 5, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Bob Adler wrote:

> No Geoff. Here's what you do:
> Go to the Output tab
> Set Output RAW DNG format to on.
>
> The manual is a bit confusing, but if you go look at this it works.
> DNG format
> ACR usable
>
> You owe Mark chocolates and perhaps me too :-)


Hoppy, send me some too, I've been reading all this stuff.

:-)

Steve
>
> Bob
>
>
> Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.raflexions.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 5, 2008 2:29:54 PM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Nikon Coolscan 4000 Users.... I need help!
>
> Ahaa! According to Hamrick, the '"raw" file is saved as a TIFF. So  
> it is the
> data from the CCD sensor after gamma conversion but not otherwise
> manipulated. Bob, are you sure you are getting DNGs???? Lightroom  
> can be
> configured to open jpgs and TIFFs, I guess, as that feature is in  
> the latest
> ACR version. No chocolates for Mark, I think.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Nikon Coolscan 4000 Users.... I need help!
>
> What! Are we talking about Vuescan? I shall have to investigate. I  
> never
> imagined that it would make DNGs! I have the Pro version of the  
> software. I
> shall update it and check this. My play with this well pre-dates  
> having any
> digital camera or Raw converter software. I may have to send Mark  
> chocolates
> and flowers as an apology for doubting him!
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon Coolscan 4000 Users.... I need help!
>
> Geoff,
> I do RAW scans with my Nikon 8000 using ViewsScan. They are DNG  
> files fully
> editable in ACR (Lightroom freaks out at the size of them; about  
> 540MB for
> my 6x6).
> Let me know if you  want to know the setting I use. Or let me know  
> if I'm
> confused (usually the case...).
> Bob
>
> Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.raflexions.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2008 11:39:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon Coolscan 4000 Users.... I need help!
>
>> Mark, a 'raw' scan in Vuescan is not a 'Raw 'file like a DNG or NEF  
>> or
>> whatever.
>> It is a scan which has not been modified as much (not a linear  
>> file, I
> don't
>> think) that you can reprocess as you wish within Vuescan options. The
>> benefit is that one scan can be a master while you try different  
>> options.
> I
>> was never that organized. My preferred method with a scan is to  
>> capture as
>> much information as possible (16 bit, not clipped, not sharpened  
>> etc) and
>> edit it with Photoshop. Others like to do as much as possible with  
>> the
>> scanner software.
>> But raws ain't raws.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
>
>
> Geoff yes I know a raw scan and a raw capture are birds of two  
> different
> feathers.
> I also like to  to capture as much information as possible  edit it  
> with
> Photoshop.  But more than just not clipping or not sharpening.
> Which is why I did real well last time I scanned with raw scans.
> I had more juice to work with.
> Example
> http://rabinergroup.com/ImagePages/Laterellefallspage.html
>
> Last time I scanned this Hassy neg I did not get all the white stuff  
> by far.
> Verichrome pan in Beutlers.
>
>
> But maybe your right its no big deal as I don't hear to many people  
> talking
> about it other than me.
>
> Maybe I made the whole thing up!
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> markrabiner.com
>
>
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