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RE: [Digital BW] Scanning b&w negatives

2004-01-22 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: Cat [mailto:ratzmataz2004@...]
>
> I would like to know your opinoins about scanning b&w negatives: is
> there any difference (except file dimension!) between scanning them
> in colour, using mixer channel and then print, and scanning in b&w
> mode, convert to rgb and then print?

No. There's no color information at all in B&W negatives. Playing with the
Channel Mixer knobs (keeping their sum equal to 100) will have no effect on
the image, other than possibly to increase the noise, so you might as well
let the scanner combine the R, G and B for you.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

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