Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't use Silverfast but my guess is that the "HDR" mode scans the negative at least twice - once normal, and then once way overexposed to get the shadow details, and then it merges them. Digital HDR normally does +EV, normal, -EV and merge 3, but I think with B&W neg you can make do with 2 exposures.... On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Tina, > > I know you are expert with the Silverfast, I've bought recently a Plustek > film scanner with Silverfast SE, it offers different forms to scan B&W > negatives: > > a) 16->8 bit Gray scale > > b) 16 bit HDR Gray Escale > > c) 32 bit HDRi Gray Scale > > The first one allow manual adjustments on curves, histogramm...etc..., > I've sate that without any mask of focus the better result is obtained. The > b and c don't allow any manual adjustments but IMO they produce finest > quality, the c makes really big files if you save it in Tiff, about 100 > MB!, IMO the b is a good option. What I'm surprised is that b and c scann > an image in negative and after I shall invert it in PS and do the > adjustments. > > Please let me know your 5 cents about the best system and if my workflow > is correct... > > Thank you very much in advance! > > Saludos > Lluis > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>