[Leica] IMG: my very first scan

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Hey Jesse,
 The monitor/LUG gallery difference is one I had
problems with when I first started posting, and
several of the guys put me straight (thanks again
Sonny, Brian, Don). The main thing is to convert your
B&W images to sRGB before you jpeg 'em. 

--- Jesse Hellman <hellman@comcast.net> 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.
> 
> I put it up next to the original scan.
> <http://gallery.leica- 
> users.org/v/Jesse+Hellman/Spoleto+2006/> I see that
> what I see on my  
> monitor is not what you see on the LUG Gallery nor
> what came out of  
> my Epson R800 printer (which, surprisingly enough,
> was not all that  
> bad).
> 
> I see this is a new world. The LUG is giving me the
> courage to expand  
> my horizons.
> 
> Merry Christmas!
> 
> Jesse
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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