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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Scanning

2003-05-29 by Daniel Staver

I'm using a Canon CanoScan FS4000US... I have no idea why it worked, but
the negatives were dense almost to the point of being opaque. My first
roll of Infrared, so I'm just glad it worked at all :)

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alessandro Pardi [mailto:alessandro.pardi@...] 
> Sent: 29. mai 2003 19:36
> To: 'DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: Scanning
> 
> 
> "Strange", as I always say when someone reports me a bug :-) 
> But interesting. What scanner are you using?
>  
> Alessandro
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Staver [mailto:daniel@...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 19:34
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: Scanning
> 
> 
> I just had a roll of HIE that was nearly impossible to scan. 
> I got detail all right, but there was horrible streaking in 
> the image. By increasing the exposure to very high values 
> (20-50) I got rid of the streaking, but the brightness of the 
> image didn't change at all. I really don't know exactly how 
> the exposure setting works, but it gave me usable pictures 
> from a roll of film I feared would be impossible to save.
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no <http://daniel.staver.no> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alessandro Pardi [mailto:alessandro.pardi@...]
> > Sent: 29. mai 2003 19:24
> > To: 'DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com'
> > Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: Scanning
> > 
> > 
> >  Hi Austin,
> >  
> >  >  Hum.  My scanner only changes exposure time (at least
> > calculates exposure  >  time) during calibration, when it is 
> > basically calibrating the bulb and the  >  PRNU for the 
> > sensor.  I DO have manual control of the exposure time, so I  
> > >  can change it my self...but the scanner doesn't
> > re-calibrate for the film.
> > 
> >  I see. So what both you and Kevin are saying is basically
> > that the scanner, during calibration,  finds a 
> > "one-size-fits-all" exposure time? Then I wonder where 
> > Vuescan gets the numbers from when it displays the exposure 
> > time. I mean: if I make a preview and then click "Lock 
> > exposure", appears a textbox with the exposure time (which 
> > I'm free to change) used for preview, and it changes from 
> > image to image, and it also changes if I select a different 
> > portion of the same image and preview again. I was pretty 
> > sure that the scanner evaluated each image, and set the 
> > exposure time accordingly, but now you make me think again... 
> > Next time I have a couple of hours free (I wish I could play 
> > with my 3200 more often than I do, family duties call :-), 
> > I'll try to see how long it takes to scan the same image with 
> > different "exposure times".
> >  
> > Alessandro
> > 
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