On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 05:54:39 -0000, you wrote: >Remind us what scanner you have, Ken?
I just have a lowly Canon FS2710 > >Bear in mind that dark bits on Velvia are considered the evil of the >filmscanning world - so dark that lots of scanners simply can't see >properly! Multi-pass scanning with Vuescan in combination with the "Long >exposure" pass, with my Nikon LS40, didn't improve the scanner's ability to >see into the black. Velvia is definitely just a little too much for the >LS40... (As is Kodachrome.) Yes, I know Velvia is famous for that, and I have definitely experienced it with Kodachrome - even worse as a matter of fact. But that was probably that particular series of shots, of white flowers against a very dark background. I decided to capitalize on it as an effect. Now there's a way out! (I MEANT that to be grainy! It's my photographic version of impressionism! ) I had the feeling though, that the dark areas in this particular slide were not totally beyond reach, and Ed's suggestion elsewhere in this thread did succeed in helping a lot. I don't think I'll ever get what I see through the loupe, or projected on the wall, but it has been fascinating trying to get close! Ken Durling Photo.net portfolio: http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=402251 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body