Digital BW, The Print

Hi Bruce-
You're right about the Aztek/Howtek thing, and it is too bad it doesn't work
with other scanners. As I understand it, the reason is that the software can
directly control those scanners at the hardware level, which is not possible
with other scanners.

And yes, scanning in 16 bits you can pull an amazing amount of information
our of a difficult negative. In fact, that's why I was so skeptical at
first- I thought DPL was just scanning in 16 bits and calling it something
special. It wasn't until I compared two scans of the same negative, one
"straight" in 16 bits, and the other using the hardware control capabilities
of DPL, that I saw how much more was possible with DPL. But again, those
advantages are most apparent with difficult film.

Bill

On 7/12/07, Bruce Watson <bwyg@...> wrote:
>
>   Bill Morse wrote:
> > One other reason why they might want a drum is the significant advantage
> IMO offered by Digital PhotoLab when scanning problematic negs...
>
> It should be noted that DPL software is an Aztek product that works only
> with Aztek and Howtek scanners and does not support the numerous other
> drums scanners and professional flatbed scanners on the new and used
> markets. Sigh... I do wish it supported more scanners.
>
> I've had similar experience with ColorRight Pro 2.0 in pulling image
> information out of what look on the light table to be clear areas of
> color and B&W negative films. I'm not saying anything bad about DPL
> (I've never used it and therefore have no basis for comparison), I'm
> just saying it may be more of a PMT thing than a DPL thing.
> --
> Bruce Watson
>
>  
>



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Regards,

Bill Morse
Wm. Morse Editions

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