Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Feli, I've already cut the sampling down to x2 I think. The TriX trick sounds useful. On 06/01/2005, at 4:07 PM, feli wrote: > >> Do these scan faster: my attempts to reduce resolution etc to speed up >> scanning seem to fail thus far. I've tried reducing the DPI and the >> pixel >> size of the output, but the scan time seems unchanged so I may as >> well give >> it the full treatment. > > Cut the amount of samples down. x16 sampling will take along time., x8 > will be > pretty much twice as fast. > >> I was told silverscan might be good, but I'm always loath to spend >> more till >> I'm really desperate. > > I could never get good results from Silverscan. Right now I am using > Nikonscan and Vuescan. > > I have been getting very good results with Nikonscan and Tri-X. The > trick is to set the film > type to color negative and the result to B/W 16bit. You'll see a large > jump in dynamic range. > > Take a look at my webpage for examples. > > > > feli > > > > www.elanphotos.com > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Feli di Giorgio feli2@earthlink.net > www.elanphotos.com > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair