Digital BW, The Print

I don't think there is anything more you can do with your present scanner.  You could potentially do this with a higher-end flatbed or with a filmscanner, on the latter scanning at low resolution so that the process would go quickly - if you want to spend the money.

Maris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Su" <psu_13@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:06 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Digital proofing


| Having just spent a day making 30 contact sheets, my thoughts 
| again turned to using a flat bed scanner for doing the same 
| thing.
| 
| I have tried this in the past with mixed luck. I found that with the 
| low end UMAX scanner that I tried, it took much longer to get  a 
| decent scan (e.g. one where there is reasonable contrast, 
| shadow and highlight detail) than to make a single contact sheet 
| in the darkroom.
| 
| If someone could find me a scanner and workflow that would get 
| me one good contact sheet in 15 minutes then I might be 
| inclined to try again.
| 
| At this point, I'm still happy printing wet, so the scans don't have 
| to be good enough for enlargements.
| 
| Thoughts?
| 
| Thanks
| Pete
| 
| 
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Pete,

I use a UMAX PowerLook III to scan a sheet of negatives and then send them
to my 900 as "contact sheet". The PowerLook is excellent for this purpose.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Su" <psu_13@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Digital proofing


> Having just spent a day making 30 contact sheets, my thoughts
> again turned to using a flat bed scanner for doing the same
> thing.
>
> I have tried this in the past with mixed luck. I found that with the
> low end UMAX scanner that I tried, it took much longer to get  a
> decent scan (e.g. one where there is reasonable contrast,
> shadow and highlight detail) than to make a single contact sheet
> in the darkroom.
>
> If someone could find me a scanner and workflow that would get
> me one good contact sheet in 15 minutes then I might be
> inclined to try again.
>
> At this point, I'm still happy printing wet, so the scans don't have
> to be good enough for enlargements.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks
> Pete
>
>
>
> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and
other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
>
> Please follow these basic guidelines:
> - Include your full name with your message.
> - Include the address of your website, if you have one.
> - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep
them short.
> - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header.
> - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or "flames."
> - Complete your Yahoo profile.
> - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various
resources on the homepage.

>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>

Peter.
What is your budget?  *That* is the limiting factor.

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC





Peter Su wrote:

> Having just spent a day making 30 contact sheets, my thoughts
> again turned to using a flat bed scanner for doing the same
> thing.
>
> I have tried this in the past with mixed luck. I found that with the
> low end UMAX scanner that I tried, it took much longer to get  a
> decent scan (e.g. one where there is reasonable contrast,
> shadow and highlight detail) than to make a single contact sheet
> in the darkroom.
>
> If someone could find me a scanner and workflow that would get
> me one good contact sheet in 15 minutes then I might be
> inclined to try again.
>
> At this point, I'm still happy printing wet, so the scans don't have
> to be good enough for enlargements.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks
> Pete
>


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