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Imacon scanner and sharpening

Imacon scanner and sharpening

2002-01-26 by Mel Sauerbeck

When scanning form the Imacon scanner the operator
must enter a  negative -160 amount in the sharpening
box to equal  an effective -0- sharpening amount. 
Otherwise the built in sharpening kicks in.  This is
only ever reccomended for very grainy negatives.

Good luck,

Mel
NavaSwan - Imaging
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From: "atmcintyre2001" <amcintyre@...>
Subject: Excessive grain in scanned images

I have some 6cm x 6cm b&w negatives exposed back in
the early '60s on 
Tri X Pan Professional. They blew up to 20" x 16"
quite successfully 
using a DeVere cold-cathode enlarger. 

Recently I had some of these negatives scanned by a
bureau through an 
Imacon Flextight machine, but grain has become so
pronounced that the 
scans are virtually unusable.

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Re: Imacon scanner and sharpening

2002-01-28 by garrsarr

Great tip Mel.

I was wondering why the 16yo girl at the lab with the flextight was 
giving me sharpened grainy damned scans. I said have you sharpened 
it and she said it was 0 level. I use t-max 100 but its's all 
portrait stuff

Garry Sarre

www.sarre.com.au


> When scanning form the Imacon scanner the operator
> must enter a  negative -160 amount in the sharpening
> box to equal  an effective -0- sharpening amount. 
> Otherwise the built in sharpening kicks in.  This is
> only ever reccomended for very grainy negatives.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Mel
> NavaSwan - Imaging
> 
> 
> From: "atmcintyre2001" <amcintyre@b...>
> Subject: Excessive grain in scanned images
> 
> I have some 6cm x 6cm b&w negatives exposed back in
> the early '60s on 
> Tri X Pan Professional. They blew up to 20" x 16"
> quite successfully 
> using a DeVere cold-cathode enlarger. 
> 
> Recently I had some of these negatives scanned by a
> bureau through an 
> Imacon Flextight machine, but grain has become so
> pronounced that the 
> scans are virtually unusable.
> 
> =====
> http://www.navaswan.com     NavaSwan - Imaging, Photography & 
Artists Services             Offering professional hi-resolution 
scanning & large format, gallery guality printing for artists & fine 
art photographers. (wide choice of print media, up to 44" wide.)
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> 
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! 
> http://auctions.yahoo.com

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