Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kodachrome & BW do not scan well WITH ICE. Without ICE, at least B&W scans fine :-) On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > I like this image very much Tina. the scanner has handled it well. I > really must get some of my trannies scanned in. > > Your comment about Kodachrome and b&w not scanning well is (of course) > very true. I switched to chromogenic films in the latter years of film and > now they scan beautifully. Vuescan can take care of the Kodachromes quite > well. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > Web: www.gwpics.com > > > > > > > On 25 Jan 2012, at 22:58, Tina Manley wrote: > > > But her dress does really jump out at you in the dark house with all of > the > > browns and greys. That's why the Lenca women wear such bright colors. > > They are surrounded by drab, dirt colors all of their lives. The dresses > > look florescent. ICE doesn't affect any films adversely except > Kodachrome > > and B&W. My scanner scans twice for each slide. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tina > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > >> You said its a multiscan? How many times through do you have it going > >> through? > >> The colors look really jacked up to me. And it may be my screen which is > >> LED. Her dress is jumping off my screen. I think sometimes with color > less > >> is more. > >> It seems that with many scans of slides there are a lot of blacks that > >> never > >> get shot though. Big areas of black you don't get with a capture. I > wonder > >> if lots of multiscans could get through them? > >> > >> And yet a third thing: if one was having any problems at all I'd suggest > >> trying it without the ICE. I think the ICE makes it hard on the scanner > and > >> computer do deal with everything else. But what do I know! :) > >> > >> -- > >> Mark R. > >> > >>> From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:58:10 -0500 > >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Metate > >>> > >>> How about this one? > >>> > >>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/141127013 > >>> > >>> Cropped a little and with no light behind her nose. I actually like > her > >>> hands better in this one. > >>> Thanks for making me look further! > >>> > >>> Tina > >>> > >>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Thanks, Herb. I've got about a dozen more, but I liked the placement > of > >>>> her hands in this one. I'll see if I have one without the nose light. > >>>> > >>>> Tina > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I remember metate from many trips to Mexico during the six years I > >> lived > >>>>> in Houston. No, I don't think the general backlight is too strong > with > >> one > >>>>> exception: that strong triangle of light just to the left of her > nose. > >> Had > >>>>> you stood a few inches to the right, it would have been hidden. > >>>>> > >>>>> Ain't post mortem thoughts great :-) > >>>>> > >>>>> Herb > >>>>> > >>>>> PESO: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> How about this one? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Extreme backlighting - too much? The metate is the stone that she > is > >>>>>> grinding the corn on. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> C&C greatly appreciated. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Tina > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Tina Manley, ASMP > >>>>>> www.tinamanley.com > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>>> See > >>>>>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > >> http://leica-users.org/mailma > >>>>>> n/listinfo/lug>for more information > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Herbert Kanner > >>>>> kanner at acm.org > >>>>> 650-326-8204 > >>>>> > >>>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See > >>>>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug< > >> http://leica-users.org/mailman > >>>>> /listinfo/lug>for more information > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP > >>>> www.tinamanley.com > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Tina Manley, ASMP > >>> www.tinamanley.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Gerry Walden LRPS > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > Web: www.gwpics.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>