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Subject: [Leica] OT: HELP Nikon scanner neophyte
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:53:57 -0400
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I used to use D76 but now I use a Jobo and XTol.  I convinced myself that
the time I saved by only scanning everything once was worth the extra money
for Silverfast (and for the LS5000).  I'm pretty good at talking myself into
spending money ;-)

Tina

Tina

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:48 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Tina,
>
> Sounds simple enough! (I was just trying not to spend the 400 bucks
> for Silverfast, but hey it's only money;) Do you use a special
> developer for B&W film or just plain old D76?
>
> Jim
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
> wrote:
> > I want to get every bit of the information available in the negative when
> I
> > scan it.  Silverfast gives you an HDR raw file so you only have to scan
> > everything once.  The scan is my digital negative that I then work on in
> LR
> > or PS.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:33 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Tina,
> >>
> >> You can't get the same results with Photoshop?
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
> >> wrote:
> >> > LR.  I don't use Vuescan.  I've gotten better results with Silverfast.
> >> >
> >> > Tina
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:12 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at 
> >> > gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Tina,
> >> >>
> >> >> Are the presets in Vuescan or LR?
> >> >>
> >> >> Jim Laird
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Tina Manley <images at 
> >> >> comporium.net>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > There are lots of presets available that will reverse BW as you
> import
> >> it
> >> >> > into LR.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Tina
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Richard Man <
> richard at imagecraft.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> That's yet another feature I wish LR has - reverse color for B&W
> DNG
> >> >> >> processing...
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > Jim,
> >> >> >> > Don't forget that Vuescan can scan to a .dng RAW file that can
> be
> >> >> color
> >> >> >> > corrected if needed (for Kodachrome/color scans). For BW, the
> .dng
> >> >> file
> >> >> >> > needs to be "reversed" in CS4.
> >> >> >> > Best,
> >> >> >> > Bob
> >> >> >> >  Bob Adler
> >> >> >> > Palo Alto, CA
> >> >> >> > http://www.rgaphoto.com
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> --
> >> >> >> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
> >> >> >> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com>
> >> >> >> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com>
> >> >> >> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all
> >> >> previous
> >> >> >> replies in your msgs. ]
> >> >> >>
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> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Tina Manley, ASMP
> >> >> > www.tinamanley.com
> >> >> >
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> >> >
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> >
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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