Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Yosemite photos at last
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: 1 Mar 2001 09:39:53 -0800

On Thu, 01 March 2001, Randy Holst wrote:

> 
> Doug Herr wrote:
> > 
> > I've conquered the PhotoSmart/Mac/Vuescan combination so to celebrate I 
> > scanned a bunch of the photos from last June's Yosemite field trip with 
> > the 6th grade,...
> 
> Dang, Doug!  They look great!!  How'd you do that?  My H-P
> Photo-not-so-Smart scanner is giving me fits with fuzzy scans from
> immaculate slides and negs out of my M4/Summicron-M 35/f2.  What am I
> doing wrong?  Is there a secret you can share?  
> 
> Randy Holst
> Boise, Idaho

Randy,

My use of the word "conquered" was deliberate :) as I've had lots of crummy scans too.

I'm using the SCSI PhotoSmart on a Mac with Vuescan.  One thing I did last night that probably made a difference was to eliminate most of the SCSI chain between the scanner and the computer.  I also delved more into Vuescan than before; I try to avoid automatic settings but the "auto levels" color balance thing made a difference too.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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