Digital BW, The Print

So you and Walker don't do any curves or adjustments except for base & dMax
on the scan side? This pretty much how we evaluate iso & development times
for film.

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:42 PM, piezobw <jon@...> wrote:

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> I agree with Walker about the positive scanning of negatives - it helps
> eliminate the scanner manufacturer's algorithm for converting a neg to a
> positive. I find this the best way to get out of the film what is there,
> without the scanner software imposing its own idea of what is there.
>
> I'll add a penny to his two cents...
>
> I usually set the white point on the film base + fog, and I set the black
> point on fully exposed film (leader for example). This way everything that
> has been exposed will exist within the dMin/dMax possibilities of the film.
>
> Jon Cone
> Piezography
>
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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Walker Blackwell <forums@...> wrote:
> >
> > For BW, I often do raw (positive) drumscans of BW negs and inverted them
> in ACR. Then I import into Lightroom and do most of my global adjustments in
> there. I like it because it's non-destructive and faaast! (+ there is no
> duplicates. Just the raw scan files with non-destructive crop.)
> >
> > + It gives me a more darkroom-esque workflow and I take save all my
> adjustments as templates, etc. For straight photography, it works really
> well for me.
> >
> > Just my two cents,
> > Walker
> >
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