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Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 9 - skiing snapshots
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 13:49:37 -0400
References: <20020304203841.31993.qmail@earthlink.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020304203839.0240a9d0@pop.andara.com>

Nathan:

I learned that what is sometimes the best exposure for projecting is often 
too dense for scanning.  If I am doing a scenic, sometimes the bracket one 
half stop lighter scans better.

Regards,

Robert

At 05:49 PM 3/5/2002 +0100, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>"Robert G. Stevens" wrote:
>
> > At 10:59 PM 3/4/2002 +0100, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> > >Doug,
> > >
> > >Thanks for your comments, and I think you are right. I did increase the
> > >brightness on the picture of my daughter in Photoshop
> >
> > Nathan:
> >
> > You are supposed to put more brightness in the picture at the time of
> > exposure ;-)  Dark slides, are impossible to scan and correct.
>
>But Robert, the slide looks just fine on the light table! This is just an
>example of the fact that even a fairly decent scanner like my Nikon LS-2000
>cannot cope well with slides that have a very wide range. You'll have to take
>my word for it, the slide looks beautiful when projected or laid on the light
>table.
>
>Nathan
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>
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In reply to: Message from "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 9 - skiing snapshots)
Message from "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com> (Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 9 - skiing snapshots)