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Subject: [Leica] Farah, Afghanistan
From: thurmanphoto at gmail.com (Wendy Thurman)
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:24:03 +0500
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Lluis-

I'm struggling with the processing- I haven't hit on the right technique
yet.  I've got some Xtol and may try that.  While I don't mind a little
grain- expected it with the Tri-X- I am getting more than I'd like.  The
other extreme is Pan-F, which I have some of and will try next.

While I haven't used the Plustek enough to comment with authority, it seems
to be doing the job.  The two SE and AI are the same scanners (I believe)
with different software packages.  I have the cheaper version, the SE.  It
comes with Silverfast software; if you are using a Mac don't install the
Plustek software that also comes with it- it won't work.  Silverfast runs
fine on the Mac, however.  This is my first experience with a scanner so I
am commenting from a pretty shallow statistical pool; it works fine, doesn't
cost an arm and a leg, is lightweight, and easy to use.  I understand that
VueScan works with it as well and is more user friendly than Silverfast but
I don't know anything about that package.

What I can tell you with absolute certainty is do not spill gin and orange
juice on your MacBook Pro keyboard.  I'm having issues as a result of that
mistake.

Wendy

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:15 AM, Lluis Ripoll Querol <
lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Wendy,
>
> I'm always interested for your pictures of this far country, I'm usually
> quite fascinated by the oriental culture. I like the first one, it shows a
> dessertic place. IMO ther is quite grainy, I've developped on my darkroom
> days Tri X and HP 5 with D-76 or Ilford ID-11, almost the same formula and
> the effect of temperature had a certain big influence on the grain, I think
> remember that I prefer D-76 at 1:3 to achieve a more large range of tones,
> and I does a systematic quite vigourous agitation. I'm sorry to explain
> this, I want just tell you what I remember.
>
> On the other hand I see on your EXIF that you have scanned these with a
> Plustek Scanner 7500i, I was just planning purchase one of these, I know
> that there is the 7500i SE and AI, and I don't know which is the 
> difference.
> I scann with an Epson Photo 3170 flatbed scanner, I'm quite happy for B&W
> but not for color. Are you happy with your Plustek?
>
> Please continue showing us pictures of Afghanistan, I enjoy them!
>
> Cheers
> Lluis
>
>
>
> El 09/03/2010, a las 18:05, Wendy Thurman escribi?:
>
>  A couple of shots done last week in Farah; M6 50 'lux, Tri-X in D76.
>>
>> There is a massive citadel in Farah built by Alexander the Great.  It's a
>> kilometer on a side and very difficult to shoot; it's just too large.  We
>> had hoped to get there at sunrise but we had an overcast day:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/farahdun.jpg.html
>>
>> Next day, waiting at the airstrip for the ride out when an AN-12 (Russian)
>> landed with pallets of soda pop:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/AN_12.jpg.html
>>
>> Thanks for looking.
>>
>> Wendy
>>
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