Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you Richard. I had just checked and come to that conclusion. At the moment I am shooting Fuji 400CN, and I am getting very poor scans through Vuescan with an overall lack of contrast which looks like fogging. Silverfast is doing a good job. Gerry > On 17 Mar 2016, at 08:35, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > Silverfast does not scan as Raw, only Vuescan does, IIRC. > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> Thank you Richard for your considered and informative answer. Now I >> understand. I am not sure Silverfast will scan as any raw format but I >> will >> carry on scanning as .tiff for now while I look at things. >> >> Gerry >> >>> On 17 Mar 2016, at 07:41, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Gerry, there are two aspects of B&W scanning that you need to consider: >>> >>> 1) scan as negative or positive. Some people scan as "B&W neg" and some >>> people scan as "(RGB) positive" then invert in Photoshop or the like. >> Some >>> people claim that certain scanning software ALWAYS clip if you scan as >> B&W >>> neg (I believe NikonScan is one of them) so option 2) gives more fully >>> tonal result. >>> >>> 2) Save as Raw/DNG or TIFF/JPG. Note that TIFF is "full quality" where >> JPG >>> is compressed, but otherwise they are the same in this discussion. >>> Certainly, always save as TIFF rather than JPG as you want the highest >>> quality. >>> >>> If you save as TIFF/JPG, then usually you have the scanner software >>> applying some tone curves and such, so that the image looks pretty good >>> already, then it's minor way in LR/PSD to get to the final image. In this >>> regard, it's rather like having a digital camera saving the images as >> JPG. >>> >>> If you save as Raw/DNG, then the scanner software will try to maintain as >>> much information as possible, e.g. minimal tone curves and exposure >>> adjustments, so that it can be processed further post-scan. The downside >> is >>> that it takes a bit more work in LR/PSD to get to the final result. The >>> upside is that if you improve your LR/PSD skills or if better processing >>> software are to become available, then you can go back to the original >>> Raw/DNG file and redo it. >>> >>> *** >>> Personally, right now I scan as B&W neg or save in TIFF format. With >> medium >>> format /4x5 (I rarely shoot 35mm film any more), there is so much >>> information from those scans that I do not think it's worthwhile to use >> the >>> other options. >>> >>> YMMV. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at >>> icloud.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> A number (Peter, Lluis etc) have mentioned scanning b&w as either .tiff >> or >>>> even .dng. I cannot see any obvious advantage to this, so could somebody >>>> pease enlighten me. I tried a couple to .dng which was a pain in >> Lightroom >>>> as they came out as negatives and the sliders worked the wrong way. I am >>>> currently scanning as .tiff but (to be honest) don?t really know why. >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Gerry >>>> >>>> >>>> Gerry Walden LRPS >>>> www.gwpics.com >>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> // On Facebook: http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >>> // On Instagram: https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // On Facebook: http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // On Instagram: https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information