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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Shucking Corn
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:51:28 -0500
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I agree, John, but Peter Krogh swears he gets better results with in-camera
scans.

http://www.thedambook.com/downloads/Camera_Scanning_Krogh.pdf

Tina

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:41 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> Years back I tried scanning prints on a flatbed but I have far better
> results from film scanning (in a film scanner). A film scanner with
> multipass is much higher quality (I have found) than digital with
> bellows/slide copy attachment.
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
>
> Hi, Lluis,
>
> Thanks!  I've tried Neat Image and cannot get it to work right.  Everything
> just looks very smeary to me.  I've been going through spotting each spot,
> one by one.  I have tried scanning prints on a flatbed, but I usually get
> better results with a dedicated film scanner like my Nikon LS5000.  One
> thing that is easier than the scanner and gives good results is a slide
> duplicator fitted with a digital camera and macro lens.  You take an actual
> digital photo of the slide or negative.  It takes more time because you
> have to sit there and swap out each film.  My scanner with its bulk loader
> just scans all day without any attention from me.  It's way too expensive
> for me to consider drum scanning for all of my negatives, but I may select
> a few and have that done some day.
>
> Keep scanning!
>
> Tina
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Lluis Ripoll
> <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Tina,
> >
> > I agree this picture is wonderful! you  are the Queen of the dark! I can
> > imagine how difficult is get a "clean" image from a scanning, I've never
> > heard about Neat Image, it works well? I've take a look on the website it
> > looks interesting, but IMO the real test is when you print a large
> print. I
> > don't know what to do with such images, I have the same problem with many
> > of my old negatives. AFAIK the professional Drum scanners are the best
> ones
> > to reproduce a diffuser light enlarger, maybe you can ask for a
> > professional scanning, on the other hand the grain and the dust are less
> > noticeable in the darkroom process than in a scanner, in such cases I've
> > asked myself if it could be better work up to a scanning on a good
> flatbead
> > scanner of an enlargement, and on this case I think that the copy it is
> not
> > necessary that it is a perfect copy, a soft one would be enough, after
> you
> > can work your scanned print and modify with Photoshop. Did you never
> tried
> > this?
> >
> > Saludos
> > Lluis
> >
> >
> >
> > El 20/02/2013, a las 23:26, Tina Manley escribi?:
> >
> > > PESO:
> > >
> > > I've been experimenting with layers and working on this one all day and
> > > have probably gone too far.
> > >
> > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/148881790
> > >
> > > t's really grainy and dark.  I even bought Neat Image and tried it but
> > that
> > > made it worse - little crystal looking fibers all through the image.
>  It
> > > looks like I'll have to take time to learn how to use the program and
> not
> > > just hit Auto!  I really like the photo and would like to rescue it.
>  Any
> > > suggestions would be gratefully accepted.
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > > www.tinamanley.com
> > >
>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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