Re: grainy vs sharper scans?
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Hi Herb, The scanner is Minolta Scan Elite FS-2900 at 2820dpi. regards, Alan Chan< the dust filtering in my Nikon doesn't affect grain much because it uses Digital ICE. if i had your scanner, i would stay with the light dust filtering all the time and put up with a little more retouching. i wouldn't sharpen much. using the dust filter and then sharpening afterwards without retouching will bring back some of the dust. Herb...
Re: grainy vs sharper scans?
what DPI are you scanning at? which scanner? i think i would stick with light dust removal and manual touch up the places that need more work. for this particular image, i think the grain is a useful effect, but also, it's one where i would not apply any sharpening. there already is motion blur. i don't always sharpen my images. my digital cameras ones i do all the time because i have disabled the camera's internal automatic sharpening. for film, it depends on the subject. Hi Herb, The scanner is Minolta Scan Elite FS-2900 at 2820dpi. regards, Alan Chan _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
grainy vs sharper scans?
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I was wondering what is your opinion on which is a better scan. I have scanned the same negative with light & medium dust removal respectively. However, I have found the "light" one is sharper but has coarser grain, while the "medium" one is blurrer but has less visible grain. The problem is, coarser grain one would appear even coarser once sharpened. For whose who have scanned and print your own photos, which should I keep? < what DPI are you scanning at? which scanner? i think i would stick with light dust removal and manual touch up the places that need more work. for this particular image, i think the grain is a useful effect, but also, it's one where i would not apply any sharpening. there already is motion blur. i don't always sharpen my images. my digital cameras ones i do all the time because i have disabled the camera's internal automatic sharpening. for film, it depends on the subject. Herb
grainy vs sharper scans?
I was wondering what is your opinion on which is a better scan. I have scanned the same negative with light & medium dust removal respectively. However, I have found the "light" one is sharper but has coarser grain, while the "medium" one is blurrer but has less visible grain. The problem is, coarser grain one would appear even coarser once sharpened. For whose who have scanned and print your own photos, which should I keep? The scans could be seen here (it's 1.4MB big): http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/light_medium.jpg regards, Alan Chan _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
