Re: filmscanners: Film grain vs 2700 DPI scan resolution

2001-07-02 Thread S. Matthew Prastein
Which brings up some additional questions-- I'm a real newbie to this area, though a physicist by trade. I've suddenly gotten interested in photography again, after a long lapse. I bought me an Acer 2740S, which seems to be a reasonable low-cost entry machine, and began exploring unknown (to me

Re: filmscanners: Film grain vs 2700 DPI scan resolution

2001-07-01 Thread rafeb
At 12:07 AM 7/2/01 +0100, Tony Sleep wrote: >On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 19:26:33 -0600 Frank Nichols ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >wrote: > >> 1. With 200 film, is the grain "large" enough for the 2700 DPI to >> record it? >> If so could some one describe it (or email me a couple scan clips >> showing >> exam

Re: filmscanners: Film grain vs 2700 DPI scan resolution

2001-07-01 Thread Tony Sleep
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 19:26:33 -0600 Frank Nichols ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 1. With 200 film, is the grain "large" enough for the 2700 DPI to > record it? > If so could some one describe it (or email me a couple scan clips > showing > examples?) No, IME you are unlikely to see genuine grai

Re: filmscanners: Film grain vs 2700 DPI scan resolution

2001-07-01 Thread Tony Sleep
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 23:31:24 -0400 rafeb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >1. With 200 film, is the grain "large" enough for the 2700 DPI to > record it? > >If so could some one describe it (or email me a couple scan clips > showing > >examples?) > > > To answer your question. Yes. I suggest y

Re: filmscanners: Film grain vs 2700 DPI scan resolution

2001-07-01 Thread Herm
I suggest you try this grain reduction algorithm... similar to PS Smart Blur but better at isolating smooth backgrounds from a face etc.., experiment with small images first to find the right settings. http://www.rphotoz.com/astrophoto/bgsmoothwindl.html rafeb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >As I

RE: Re: filmscanners: Film grain vs 2700 DPI scan resolution

2001-06-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Frank, the biggest single improvement in my photo > "technique" these last couple of years was giving > up on generic ISO 200 negative films. I took a different approach...I use MF. I can shoot Tri-X till the cows come home, developed D-76 1:1, and they look very good IMO. I know that's B

Re: filmscanners: Film grain vs 2700 DPI scan resolution

2001-06-30 Thread rafeb
At 07:26 PM 6/30/01 -0600, Frank Nichols wrote: >1. With 200 film, is the grain "large" enough for the 2700 DPI to record it? >If so could some one describe it (or email me a couple scan clips showing >examples?) To answer your question. Yes. Frank, the biggest single improvement in my photo

Re: filmscanners: Film grain vs 2700 DPI scan resolution

2001-06-30 Thread Rob Geraghty
"Frank Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. With 200 film, is the grain "large" enough for the 2700 DPI to record it? > If so could some one describe it (or email me a couple scan clips showing > examples?) Colour neg films have a random mixture of different sized dye clouds. The only C41 fi