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RE: Re[2]: [Digital BW] Banding on a scanner

2003-12-01 by Alan Zinn

At 07:25 PM 11/30/03 +0100, you wrote:
> > I've recently started scanning Polaroid type 55 negs using an Epson
> > 3200 with Vuescan and have not seen the banding you described.
>
>The example was from the 9900 that I returned, with the 3200 it's less
>pronounced. Here's one I just made from the 3200:
>
>Converted to grayscale and increased contrast:
>http://daniel.staver.no/img/3200.jpg
>
>Original:
>http://daniel.staver.no/img/3200_2.jpg
>
>You'll see that the BW version has vertical banding in the sky, while
>it's not easily visible in the original.
>
>Rotating the transparency 90 degrees on a scanner makes the problem even
>less visible.
>
>--
>Daniel Staver
>http://daniel.staver.no

I don't see the bands - can you describe them? location, frequency, etc?

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