Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Every once in a while someone on the LUG posts an absolute GEM. Thanks Tina! Regards, Greg - ----- Original Message ----- From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:25 pm Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanning B&W with Nikon Coolscan 4000 > At 10:23 AM 2/25/2004 +0100, you wrote: > >I didn,t know you have to focus the thing it,s set on autofocus here! > >Does this make a difference?!?> > >phew > >simon jessurun > > Yes! Do the autofocus and then look at the number by Manual Focus > Adjustment in the Tool Palette. Now hold down the Control key and > click on > the box that looks like a window screen (middle button, top row) > on the > scanning window. That will give you a cross-hair pointer that you > can put > wherever you want on the photo. I usually choose the eyes. Click > on that > point and then look at the number again. If it has changed, your > film is > not perfectly flat and there is a difference in the focus. The > automatic > focus is more of an average than a precise focus. > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > -- > 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