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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Scanning B&W 35MM Negatives using Nikon Super CoolScan

2002-07-23 by Lawrence Smith

On 7/23/02 10:04 AM, "Doug I." <doug@...> wrote:

> Prefs options mentioned on the LS2000 are definitely not available in 3.1.2
> for the 4000. You can basically turn pre-scan auto exposure on or off for
> negs and positive scans, but don't have any control over what kind of AE is
> performed. Interesting that they have eliminated this feature in the
> "improved" scanner! Wonder why....
> 
> Even so, I've been pretty pleased overall with my 4000. Only observation is
> that it seems to like a more overexposed neg than what you would normally
> choose to print.
> 
> Doug


As I recall, those prefs only appear if you tell the scanner you are
scanning negative film.  At least that¹s how they were on my nikon scanners.

Lawrence
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