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Re: [Digital BW] B&W film

2003-05-20 by Stephen Kobrin

No, I never use ICE with straight B&W films -- as you note, it just 
does not work.  If it is left on by mistake, it is obvious instantly.

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony 
Atkielski" <anthony@a...> wrote:
> Have you left ICE on while doing straight B&W scans?  That will 
produce very
> odd results.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Kobrin" <skobrin@h...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 14:23
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] B&W film
> 
> 
> > Ken,
> >
> > I have a LS-2000 and virually all of my scans are B&W.  I find 
that
> > scanning as a B&W neg produces poor results.  I scan all my negs 
as
> > RGB and then convert in PS immediately.  Try scanning a negative 
in
> > both modes and I think that you will see the difference.  As I do
> > most of my adjustments in PS rather than with the Nikon software,
> > having a brownish prescan is not a problem.
> >
> > Steve

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