Re: grain reduction
2011-08-28 by wrkrparasite
I m brand new here, but I thought I d chime in my two cents. I personally find Fomapan 100 to be on the grainier end of the 100 ISO spectrum. It s up there
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Re: Going forward
2011-08-28 by Paul
Keep us posted on progress with your 1800, Paul. Mine s still going strong, with your 3MK setup, but I d be interested in the one midtone setup. Thanks! Paul
Re: [Digital BW] grain reduction
2011-08-28 by sjef.janssen
I develop in diafine using fomapan 100 at iso 100.
Re: [Digital BW] grain reduction
2011-08-28 by Tony Sleep
... This is very likely grain aliasing, as discussed here recently - an aliasing effect that arises in the interaction between grain and scanning frequency.
RE: [Digital BW] grain reduction
2011-08-28 by E.Neilsen
YEs, Nikon scan does run on Win 7 64 bit. the answer has been posted here, I posted it on my forum, and if you Google it, I am sure it will pop up. I installed
Re: [Digital BW] grain reduction
2011-08-27 by Tina Manley
I like Silverfast software by Lasersoft. I get great B&W scans and they have targets for Kodachrome which give me better results than I ve gotten with
Re: [Digital BW] grain reduction
2011-08-27 by Lew Schwartz
I m using a 5000 to Vuescan FP+ developed in XTol 1:3. The scans at 4000 dpi are terrific imo, no grain reduction necessary. What s your complete setup? ...
grain reduction
2011-08-27 by sjef.janssen
I use my Nikon Coolscan 5000 to scan my fomapan 100 film to dng files. Now, a 100 iso film should have very fine grain but the scans are very grainy. I use
Re: Going forward -- Dyes and Quad-tone 3-LK workflow
2011-08-26 by Paul
Having recently set up several B&W dye inksets, from a complex variable-tone hextone to very easy WorkFlow 30 and C88 that require only 2 ink bottles (K + one
Re: C88+ with Noritsu-Epson dyes
2011-08-26 by Paul
I updated this PDF (http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/C88-BW-Dye.pdf) and made ICCs for the Red River Metallic and Premium Matte (high dmax, not excessively
C88+ with Noritsu-Epson dyes
2011-08-25 by Paul
I ve set up a C88+ with these B&W dyes, and it works very well. It s slower than the WorkForce 30, but the quality is the same. See
Re: Printing woes
2011-08-24 by Paul
Greg, ... The UT FS inkset will run in a 1270. See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/1270-FS-Readme.htm That said, the 1270-80 were not noted for their
Re: Printing woes
2011-08-24 by Greg
This sorry saga just get worse and worse. I think I will have to get used to the fact that printers and me just don t get along. It appears as if the check
Re: Going forward
2011-08-24 by Paul
... By coincidence, I just plugged in my old 1800 for the first time in a few years. We ll see if Windex can revive the head. What I may try is to see if the
Re: Going forward
2011-08-24 by hp9180profile
... I cannot go past 3MK on Hahn Rag Pearl (a touch warm) or Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag (less so) using gelatin to both coat the paper and mount it to
Re: [Digital BW] VueScan frme numbers
2011-08-21 by Mel
Thanks Ernst, that did the trick. The spacing worked out as 49 mm. for my ETRSi, although this greater spacing didn t allow scanning of frame 5. The easiest
Re: [Digital BW] VueScan frme numbers
2011-08-21 by Ernst Dinkla
... On the first menu page: below the frame number, frame offset number, entries there is the frame spacing? entry (Dutch version here so I do not know the
Re: [Digital BW] VueScan frme numbers
2011-08-20 by Mel
Thanks for your comments Ernst The SS120 carrier accepts 6 x 9, 6 x 7, 6 x 6 and 6 x 4.5 cm. and these are marked on the carrier. Before the carrier is
Re: [Digital BW] VueScan frme numbers
2011-08-20 by Ernst Dinkla
... My guess is that Vuescan expects 6x9 frame sizes for one reason or another. Maybe the 645 framesize is something you have to set manually in Vuescan for a
VueScan frme numbers
2011-08-20 by Mel
I am trying to scan some 6 x 4.5 med. format (ETRSi) B&W negs on a Polaroid Sprintscan 120. Although the Sprintscan carrier holds 5 frames the Input - Frame
[Digital BW] Re: UT14 Lab Readings All Over the Place
2011-08-18 by Paul
Tom, ... I used UT14 C and LC for the 1100 EZ setup. So, I do have some current test strips with that ink -- but no Ilford Gold. Basically, however, if you
Re: [Digital BW] Re: UT14 Lab Readings All Over the Place
2011-08-18 by Tom Husband
Thanks Paul, I ll play around with it some more. I thought maybe I got some carts with wrong inks in them. I ve read that MIS does that occasionally. I might
Re: UT14 Lab Readings All Over the Place
2011-08-18 by Paul
Tom, I m not sure what would cause those values. You can open the ICCs with Notepad and see the Lab A and B values I read. Lab B values with the
Re: UT14 Lab Readings All Over the Place
2011-08-18 by thusband2003
Sorry, the formatting didn t transfer properly. Here s the Lab A and B measurements: LAB_A___LAB_B 0.04___-1.03 1.34___-2.04 1.18___-1.06 1.5_____0.02
UT14 Lab Readings All Over the Place
2011-08-18 by thusband2003
Any idea what would cause this? Printing on Gold Fibre Silk. Applied Paul s curve, UT14-IlfordGold-N-1, to the rgb-raw-16.psd file and to the 21 step RGB
[Digital BW] Re: Opinions - What Paper (glossy) has best DMAX with UT14 inks?
2011-08-16 by Paul
Scott, ... They were not out when I made the UT14, so I never tested them. In general, I like Canson and the Harman sold by Hahnemuhle gets excellent reviews.
RE: [Digital BW] Re: Opinions - What Paper (glossy) has best DMAX with UT14 inks?
2011-08-15 by nospam
Thanks for the reply Paul. The best density I have achieved was with QTR but the Ilford paper is definitely better than Silver Rag. I was hoping someone might
Re: Opinions - What Paper (glossy) has best DMAX with UT14 inks?
2011-08-15 by Paul
It s been a while since I used UT14, but it looks like Museo SR may have had the highest dmax, I m guessing the one output that has the high one was done with
[Digital BW] Re: OT - Focus Stacking & Dual Focus
2011-08-15 by Bert
Mike, I do not have any general experience. I photography flowers exclusively. Look at my website to see my range. www.cameraflora.com I do not have any
Re: [Digital BW] Re: OT - Focus Stacking & Dual Focus
2011-08-15 by Steve Kale
Another big vote for Zerene. Fantastic support on the photomacrography forums also.
Re: [Digital BW] Re: OT - Focus Stacking & Dual Focus
2011-08-14 by Michael King
Bert, very interesting that you ve found something better than Helicon - I didn t realise there was anything else. Have you used Zerene for just macro
Opinions - What Paper (glossy) has best DMAX with UT14 inks?
2011-08-14 by nospam
I am printing with a Epson 1400 using UT14 inks. I have really only experimented with two papers; Museo Silver Rag and Ilford Gold Fiber Silk. I prefer the
RE: [Digital BW] Grain reduction and sharpening: where/when?
2011-08-14 by Bob Rapp
A simple method to reduce grain is to scan in color, open in Photoshop and apply some slight blur to the Blue channel. It has worked for me. I use a Minolta
Grain reduction and sharpening: where/when?
2011-08-14 by Lew Schwartz
I see I can no longer avoid this issue with my CoolScan 5000. VueScan provides a grain reduction (three levels: none, light, medium, heavy) and sharpening
Re: Printing woes
2011-08-14 by Paul
... I don t know, but I doubt it. Even with spongeless carts it takes a lot of rinsing to get all the previous ink out. I d guess you ll never succeed with
[Digital BW] Re: OT - Focus Stacking & Dual Focus
2011-08-14 by jrschwaller
The Promote Control has released beta firmware for focus stacking on Canon.
Re: OT - Focus Stacking & Dual Focus
2011-08-14 by Bert
Paul, I have been doing focus stacking for 15 years. I started doing it manually, of course, before the term was coined. The first program I purchased was
Re: Printing woes
2011-08-14 by Greg
Hi Paul, Thanks for your reply. I did pull a ml or so from the outlet ports, as instructed. I think you are right about the carts. I have been in touch with
[Digital BW] Re: OT - Focus Stacking & Dual Focus
2011-08-14 by Paul
It was inevitable that people would find a way to automate this. Now Canon has to do so internally and quickly enough to do hand held. It looks like there is
Re: Printing woes
2011-08-14 by Paul
I sounds like you may have received bad carts. I d talk to the seller about them. When you load empty carts, be sure to prime them. If you don t pull a
Printing woes
2011-08-13 by Greg
I ve given this digital black and white printing a shot but so far have failed dismally. I have an Epson 2000P, which was quite nice in its day and even now
Re: [Digital BW] Re: OT - Focus Stacking & Dual Focus
2011-08-13 by Ernst Dinkla
... Paul, Getting back to this; there are some remote solutions to control focusing on DSLRs usually a USB connection is needed. For example:
Re: [Digital BW] Grain/aliasing, CoolScan 5000 and VueScan
2011-08-11 by pdesmidt tds.net
I have Noise Ninja, and it works quite well on digital camera images, but I didn t like it very much for scans. I expect that Tyler s right that Neat Image
Re: [Digital BW] Grain/aliasing, CoolScan 5000 and VueScan
2011-08-11 by tboleyyh
I had forgotten about Noiseware, years since I tried the demo. Sounds great and would avoid some of the luminance soft masking I ve done before with grain
RE: [Digital BW] Grain/aliasing, CoolScan 5000 and VueScan
2011-08-10 by EJ Neilsen
Tyler, Noiseware gives users a control over shadow, midrange and highlight and the high, mid and low frequency. NI and NW are both quite good. Interface on
Re: [Digital BW] Grain/aliasing, CoolScan 5000 and VueScan
2011-08-10 by tboleyyh
no way to do it in other scanners... it s the nature of the drum scanner to have an aperture, fixed or variable. I prefer Neat image if a noise filter is
Re: [Digital BW] Grain/aliasing, CoolScan 5000 and VueScan
2011-08-10 by lgrrrb@bellsouth.net
Another approach to controlling the appearance of film grain is using hardware. Enlarging the scanner aperture slightly reduces grain and has little effect on
RE: [Digital BW] Grain reduction software
2011-08-10 by E.Neilsen
Simply make an action and run the Image Processor in Photoshop. You have a batch action. I would include a layer that can be masked, included in the action,
Re: [Digital BW] Grain reduction software
2011-08-09 by Tony Sleep
... Neat Image is very good, but when I ve tried to use it to cope with (severe) grain aliasing I ve found it can, but only at the cost of weird artifacts. NI
Re: [Digital BW] Grain/aliasing, CoolScan 5000 and VueScan
2011-08-09 by mrjimbo
You have brought up a very valid point.. Typically getting rid of the grain is at the price of a trade off. That being said my exposure to the grain reducing