> > From: "John Celio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/08/26 Fri AM 07:28:42 GMT > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Re: Film scanner question > > > One of the things I'm inspecting carefully is colour depth. I've got a > > slide of a red geranium (on Velvia....) that I cannot get a decent scan of > > with the Craposcan. It looks indescribably dull and if I try to boost the > > saturation, the image just goes a sort of wierd fluorescent hue before it > > gets anywhere near the correct colour. This is going to be my test slide > > for whatever I get. > > > > mike > > I wouldn't test any scanner with a slide like that. Velvia is one of the > most saturated films you can shoot, and any scanner is going to have a tough > time with extremely-saturated colors like that. I'd recommend a more > neutral film, like Provia or even Astia (since we're already talking Fuji > here), and try shooting a range of subjects with a range of colors and > saturations. > > Just my $0.02 > > John Celio
It's just an extreme example of the problems I've been having. If the scanner can cope with this, it should manage everything else easily. That won't stop me testing other stuff... m ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
