For years I've been shooting on slide film, then over the last few months
I've changed to negative for all the usual reasons : ease of processing,
more detail in shadows and highlights etc.
But now I'm going back to Velvia!
Why? backlight. I shoot allot against the light stuff, and the scans I get
In a message dated 9/27/2000 3:47:15 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I shoot allot against the light stuff, and the scans I get
> from neg film are washed out and dead.
All you need to do is use an image editor with a histogram
and set the white point below the color of the backlight.
Rega
JOhn writes ...
> ...
> But now I'm going back to Velvia!
> Why? backlight. I shoot allot against the light stuff, and
> the scans I get from neg film are washed out and dead.
> ...
If you use the "film strip feeder" then there are some additional
Nikonscan features available to you. I
> In a message dated 9/27/2000 3:47:15 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > I shoot allot against the light stuff, and the scans I get
> > from neg film are washed out and dead.
>
> All you need to do is use an image editor with a histogram
> and set the white point below the color of the ba
John Bradbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pictures where the light is from the side or front are great (especially
> with Vuescan) but backlight NO. Shooting portraits on neg. with fill
> flash is fine. Anyone else had similar results?
I had some backlit shots I took recently that were very disa
In a message dated 9/27/2000 9:06:21 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It would appear the default "automatic" is not
> appropriate for backlit subjects.
The exposure of the scanner has nothing to do with the
existence of a backlit subject.
The exposure of the scanner for negative film is ad
shAf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BTW ... I use a LS-2000 ... and I have no idea if these features are
> available if the software detects a LS-30 ... or even if your scanner
> comes with the "feeder" adapter(?)
AFAIK the only missing settings are the single pass multiscanning
and the high bit se
In a message dated 9/28/2000 6:11:34 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > BTW ... I use a LS-2000 ... and I have no idea if these features are
> > available if the software detects a LS-30 ... or even if your scanner
> > comes with the "feeder" adapter(?)
>
> AFAIK the only missing settings
>= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
>John Bradbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Pictures where the light is from the side or front are great (especially
>> with Vuescan) but backlight NO. Shooting portraits on neg. with fill
>> flash is fine. Anyone else had similar results?
>
>I
But only 10 bit/channel in firmware, per Ed Hamrick.
Hersch
At 04:12 PM 09/28/2000 +1000, you wrote:
>shAf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > BTW ... I use a LS-2000 ... and I have no idea if these features are
> > available if the software detects a LS-30 ... or even if your scanner
> > comes with t
Ed writes ...
> The exposure of the scanner for negative film is adjusted
> to to map the color of the orange mask to roughly white.
> This lengthens the green and blue exposure time relative
> to the red exposure time.
> ...
This reminds me of a problem I'm having with one LS adapter ve
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