Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Can't use it because it doesn't look right. Too contrasty and wierd looking. I just use gem and roc. Steve - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 2:26 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: B&W Scanning > So you are or you aren't using ICE for your B&W? > > I leave it turned off for everything except color negatives. E-6 usually comes > back very clean from the lab I use, and my own B&W is usually blemish-free, > despite my rather casual development habits (which means that the lab must be a > lot more reckless, given the number of scratches they manage to put on C-41). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Hickel" <smhickel@iserv.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 13:45 > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: B&W Scanning > > > > Scan's turn blackish when ice is turned on with B&W negs, however, I have > > grayscale set and mono negative chosen (perhaps I should leave it at color > > and won't see this problem, but then all my pictures will be sepia instead > > of the grayer looking scans I get now). > > > > Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 12:17 AM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: B&W Scanning > > > > > > > > And if I go that route, the digital ice doesn't work. > > > > > > You only need ICE for stuff done at a lab, because they scratch negatives > > so > > > badly. If you develop yourself, the negatives or slides will be clean > > enough to > > > scan without it (unless you tie film in knots the way lab operators do). > > > > > >