Digital BW, The Print

Thanks. I am scanning as a positive.




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From: Gary Weaver <garww@...>
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 2:16:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Black areas in Scanned negatives

   
Try scanning as a positive. Remember that the shadow is the clear area of the emulsion.

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On 9/11/2009 at 5:33 PM russ.dupont wrote:

>Sometimes when I scan overexposed negatives there are areas, specifically
>in the shadow areas that are solid blacks. What can be done to prevent
>this?
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>I use an Epson Perfection 4490 and scan at 1200 dpi. I've tried scanning
>at a lower dpi but the results are the same.
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