Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-30 Thread Tony Sleep
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 19:06:18 +1000 Rob Geraghty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have seen banding in a SS4000 scan when using layers to bring up dark details. Under normal circumstances you would never see it though. Hmm, well, I quite often do this, and still have never seen banding. Yours

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-30 Thread Arthur Entlich
Hemingway, David J wrote: Rafe, FYI, I also have a new 8000 ED that has the same banding issue but I am having a hard time getting upset over it.:) When I do the fine ccd it does get rid of the problem but when I read the help associated with the button it says that fine CCD can add as

RE: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-30 Thread Lynn Allen
Rafe wrote: Shoulda listend to my wife. She said to give up on film, get a digital camera. Hope Rafe has a good, sturdy kitchen table! ;-) --LRA _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

RE: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-30 Thread rafeb
At 01:04 PM 6/30/01 -, Lynn Allen wrote: Rafe wrote: Shoulda listend to my wife. She said to give up on film, get a digital camera. Hope Rafe has a good, sturdy kitchen table! ;-) --LRA Huh? Sorry, that one went right over my head. rafe b.

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-30 Thread Rob Geraghty
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 19:06:18 +1000 Rob Geraghty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I have seen banding in a SS4000 scan when using layers to bring up dark details. Under normal circumstances you would never see it though. Hmm, well, I quite often do this, and still have never seen banding. Yours

RE: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-30 Thread Lynn Allen
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header) Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 11:31:44 -0400 At 01:04 PM 6/30/01 -, Lynn Allen wrote: Rafe wrote: Shoulda listend to my wife. She said to give up on film, get a digital camera. Hope Rafe has

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-29 Thread Tony Sleep
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 16:40:18 - Lynn Allen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Darned good advice, Tony. I've definitely seen this, and thought I'd misunderstood the whole process!! Unfortunately, I didn't have this information (or a scanner) 20 years ago. Still, I can avoid the problem in

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-29 Thread Tony Sleep
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 07:48:39 -0400 (EDT) Raphael Bustin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: but I wonder about the wisdom of overexposing C41 film that will be scanned. In my experience, it's the dense images that are more likely to stress the scanner into banding. IDLE SPECULATION This

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-29 Thread Rob Geraghty
Tony Sleep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No banding problems here, ever, with a SS4000. I have seen banding in a SS4000 scan when using layers to bring up dark details. Under normal circumstances you would never see it though. Rob

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-29 Thread rafeb
At 07:47 AM 6/29/01 +0100, you wrote: On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 07:48:39 -0400 (EDT) Raphael Bustin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: but I wonder about the wisdom of overexposing C41 film that will be scanned. In my experience, it's the dense images that are more likely to stress the scanner

RE: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-29 Thread Hemingway, David J
. Having a hard time getting upset about that to. Oh well!! David -Original Message- From: rafeb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 5:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header) At 07:47 AM 6/29/01

RE: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-29 Thread rafeb
At 05:15 PM 6/29/01 -0400, Dave H. wrote: Rafe, FYI, I also have a new 8000 ED that has the same banding issue but I am having a hard time getting upset over it.:) When I do the fine ccd it does get rid of the problem but when I read the help associated with the button it says that fine CCD can

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-28 Thread Tony Sleep
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:14:56 +1000 =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rob=20Geraghty?= ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I presume you're talking C41 films here, Tony? I also presume you're saying that exposing a C41 400ASA film at EI320 improves the results but doesn't require any special treatment at the lab?

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-28 Thread Raphael Bustin
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Tony Sleep wrote: Yes, C41, processed normally. ISO ratings are often a bit optimistic, and an extra half-stop or so can help reduce grain and add separation in shadow areas by adding some density. The overlapping dye clouds softens the appearance of grain

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
Tony wrote: Generally, if you are seeing green-blue speckle in shadows from colour neg (look like CCD noise, but can't be - CCD noise in negs afflicts highlights, the densest part of the film, and manifests as yellow/magenta speckle), giving a little more neg exposure will reduce this

Re: filmscanners: exposing C41 for scanning ( was gibberish header)

2001-06-28 Thread Arthur Entlich
Raphael Bustin wrote: In my experience, it's the dense images that are more likely to stress the scanner into banding. Alas, I have seen this even with my LS-8000. It's mortal, after all (boo hoo.) The more I've worked with the name we pay extra to won, the more I recognize their