Digital BW, The Print

Simon,
 
step-by-step:
 
1) Put the epson carrier on the glass. I think that if you skip this step
the scanner may have problems in calibrating.
2) Put a few drops of fluid on the glass, in the 4x5" area. My first try was
2 drops, but this is barely enough to cover the 6x7 surface: with 4 you get
some fluid overflowing, but that's not a big issue. 
3) Place one edge of the film down on the fluid, then gently bend the film
to avoid air being trapped (in my first attempt I got a couple air bubbles,
and they are definitely visible in the final scan).
4) Scan away.
5) Remove the film. The fluid very quickly evaporates. Kami say that it
leaves no residues, both on film and on glass: this isn't completely true,
but I don't feel it's a problem.
 
BTW I started these tests to verify whether focus plane was on glass, or
where the carrier keeps the film, or anywhere in between. Laying the film on
the glass with no fluid gives NO better results on my scanner, and generates
Newton rings. So the better quality I get with the KAMI isn't due to
focusing, but to the fluid itself.
 
Alessandro

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Lamb [mailto:simon@...]
Sent: martedì 4 marzo 2003 10:23
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson3200 - Test results


Alessandro

An impressive result.  I am getting some great scans from the 3200 now,
especially since I swapped to Silverfast Ai and calibrated the scanner with
the reflective and transparent targets.  Even the Delta 100 black and white
scans are much better.  To the untrained and non-critical eye they are not
that different from the Flextight Photo at normal viewing distance.

Can you provide some step by step instructions for how you are mounting the
images you scanned.  Are you using fluid direclty on the platten or have you
fabricated a glass carrier?

Thanks for working to show how scans can be improved.

Simon
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alessandro Pardi 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 9:05 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Epson3200 - Test results


  Sorry if this is a bit OT, but I thought some may be interested in the
  performance of this new scanner.
  Tests I made are not comparison with other scanners (you can find plenty
of
  them on the web), but simply how to get the best out of it. As you can see
  in the following image:

  http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1341299
<http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1341299&size=lg> &size=lg

  I found that the Kami fluid SXL 2001 is well worth the trouble of both
  finding it and using it (it's a bit messy, although less than I feared).
  Technical details in the photo.net page should fully explain the test, but
  feel free to ask for further information.

  The following is the first "real" scan (not including tests, I mean) I
made
  with the Epson:

  http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1339580
<http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1339580&size=lg> &size=lg

  all other photographs in my photo.net folders are 35mm scanned with a
Canon
  FS 4000.




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