Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ahh.. 8 hours of sleep later and.. I still hate scanning color negs. You are correct. Scanning provia is much easier. Of course you give up latitude, grain (at 400 and 800 ASA at least) and cost of film/processing. Just wish I could scan Fuji color negs better. Eric - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard F. Man" <richard@imagecraft.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:50 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] pardon my venting : DAMN I hate color work ! > At 10:57 PM 6/11/2003 -0400, korenman wrote: > >Pardon for my venting: > > > >So after a few years of reading up on color management.. I gotta say.. I AM > >SICK OF WORKING IN COLOR. I do the fully profiled film->scan->PS->Fujix > >(sp?) route. Yes, I profile my monitor, my film, my scanner and printer. > >The toughest step/ weakest link? The accurate scanning of color negs! > >My colors are better than the average mini-lab work. BUT I HATE IT. The > >effort of all the PS tweaking is draining the fun out of it. > >... > > Do you know that slides are easier to scan because it doesn't have the > orange mask? I use a Nikon LS4000 and shoot with Provia 100/400F 99% of the > time, and the colors are pretty dead on. > > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com> > <http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html