Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/24

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: my very first scan
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Sun Dec 24 14:13:33 2006
References: <9AC1156E-8ACE-4C92-BA11-6B517D7023D3@comcast.net>
 
At 02:03 PM 12/24/2006, Jesse Hellman wrote:
>After living with my Epson 4490 about six months I finally got up the
>courage to try scanning a negative. I took one that I had printed
>straight and then scanned. So, it took nearly an hour to figure out
>why the "film" option was not available. Then I scanned the Tri-X
>negative at 2400 dpi in 48 bit color and cropped it in PhotoShop
>Elements to the original print dimensions, adjusted contrast and
>brightness and finally sharpened it a bit with the Unsharp Mask.

You crop it differently though :-) The amount of the details and sharpness 
difference is quite dramatic. Wait til you try a dedicated film scanner :-) 
Enjoy your journey!


// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
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