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Re: [Digital BW] Grain/aliasing, CoolScan 5000 and VueScan

2011-08-08 by Lew Schwartz

It'd be interesting if this works since it would imply a connection to the
ideas that concern choice of light source, condenser vs diffuser, on an
enlarger in a traditional darkroom. What I've read, however, is that it's
due to the pixel configuration of the scanner's ccd and the software that
records its output.

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM, pdesmidt tds.net <pdesmidt@...> wrote:

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> Can the 5000 use an FH-3 carrier? If so, place a piece of white acrylic or
> plexi on top shouldn't be too hard. Perhaps one of the frosted pieces from
> a Rosco filter swatch sample book would work. You'd want one with fairly
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> diffusion and as little texture as possible.
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