Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That has been my experience as well--scanners do not like dense films, meaning overexposed negatives or underexposed slides. Some films are easier to scan than others--for example, E6 is easier than Kodachrome, and slow B&W film is easier than fast B&W film. Nathan Jim Hemenway wrote: > I shoot mostly transparency film, and have found that a slight > over-exposure is best... in that a slide that is a little bit lighter > than I would usually like, scans best. > > A dense slide, (underexposed) or a dense negative, (over-exposed) is > best avoided. > > I use Provia F 100 and 400, and Ektachrome 100 and 100SW the most. > > For color negative film, there's nothing as good as the various Portras. > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > Laurence Gadd wrote: > > > Somehow my questions did not get to the group. > > A few years ago Tina Manley sent me a digital print and after some exprimentation out went the darkroom. What films are people using for negative scans and are you shooting B&W or color and converting to B&W after the scan. Is anyone adjusting exposure to get a better scan later? > > > > Thanks again Tina > > > > -- > > Laurence Gadd > > North River Press > > lgadd@northriverpress.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html