did you view it full size? Sometimes the browser will reduce scale it and then it aliases. :( Screen resolution can affect it too. I use 1280X960.
I touched up the face a tad and im only still learning how to do it. She had a few blemishes i tried to fix. I kinda rushed it. I also sharpened the file for printing, I didnt really didnt prepare it for web properly... JCO > -----Original Message----- > From: wendy beard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 9:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Sleeper Lens / another 35mm 2450 scan > > > JCO wrote: > >Yesterday I recieved in the mail another interesting M42 lens, > >the Vivitar 200mm F3.5 from the middle 70's. I "risked" a > >whopping $35 for it MINT on ebay. It's got at least 3 layer > >coatings which aint too bad for a tele design. > <etc> > >This lens is excellent quality. On the large scan you > >can clearly see the finest stiching on the girls shorts and even > >the adjustment holes on her watchband. Skin texture > >is rendered nicely too. > > Agreed - excellent detail on the shorts. Looks like a fabulous lens. Damn > good bargain. > > The scan's all very speckly though and the fuzzy smudge on the > girl's cheek > spoils what would be a cracking photo. > I can't help thinking that you should be using some other > settings for the > scanner. Dunno what though, I still can't get my head round dpi, ppi etc > etc despite having had it explained numerous times. > > Wendy > > --- > Wendy Beard > Ottawa, Canada > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > home page http://www.beard-redfern.com >