Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With Vuescan, make sure to set it as a "color neg" and not a "B&W neg" as it's a C41 neg On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:38 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote: > Thank you Richard. I had just checked and come to that conclusion. At the > moment I am shooting Fuji 400CN, and I am getting very poor scans through > Vuescan with an overall lack of contrast which looks like fogging. > Silverfast is doing a good job. > > Gerry > > > On 17 Mar 2016, at 08:35, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > > Silverfast does not scan as Raw, only Vuescan does, IIRC. > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at > > icloud.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Thank you Richard for your considered and informative answer. Now I > >> understand. I am not sure Silverfast will scan as any raw format but I > will > >> carry on scanning as .tiff for now while I look at things. > >> > >> Gerry > >> > >>> On 17 Mar 2016, at 07:41, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Gerry, there are two aspects of B&W scanning that you need to consider: > >>> > >>> 1) scan as negative or positive. Some people scan as "B&W neg" and some > >>> people scan as "(RGB) positive" then invert in Photoshop or the like. > >> Some > >>> people claim that certain scanning software ALWAYS clip if you scan as > >> B&W > >>> neg (I believe NikonScan is one of them) so option 2) gives more fully > >>> tonal result. > >>> > >>> 2) Save as Raw/DNG or TIFF/JPG. Note that TIFF is "full quality" where > >> JPG > >>> is compressed, but otherwise they are the same in this discussion. > >>> Certainly, always save as TIFF rather than JPG as you want the highest > >>> quality. > >>> > >>> If you save as TIFF/JPG, then usually you have the scanner software > >>> applying some tone curves and such, so that the image looks pretty good > >>> already, then it's minor way in LR/PSD to get to the final image. In > this > >>> regard, it's rather like having a digital camera saving the images as > >> JPG. > >>> > >>> If you save as Raw/DNG, then the scanner software will try to maintain > as > >>> much information as possible, e.g. minimal tone curves and exposure > >>> adjustments, so that it can be processed further post-scan. The > downside > >> is > >>> that it takes a bit more work in LR/PSD to get to the final result. The > >>> upside is that if you improve your LR/PSD skills or if better > processing > >>> software are to become available, then you can go back to the original > >>> Raw/DNG file and redo it. > >>> > >>> *** > >>> Personally, right now I scan as B&W neg or save in TIFF format. With > >> medium > >>> format /4x5 (I rarely shoot 35mm film any more), there is so much > >>> information from those scans that I do not think it's worthwhile to use > >> the > >>> other options. > >>> > >>> YMMV. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Gerry Walden < > gerry.walden at icloud.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> A number (Peter, Lluis etc) have mentioned scanning b&w as either > .tiff > >> or > >>>> even .dng. I cannot see any obvious advantage to this, so could > somebody > >>>> pease enlighten me. I tried a couple to .dng which was a pain in > >> Lightroom > >>>> as they came out as negatives and the sliders worked the wrong way. I > am > >>>> currently scanning as .tiff but (to be honest) don?t really know why. > >>>> Thanks! > >>>> > >>>> Gerry > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Gerry Walden LRPS > >>>> www.gwpics.com > >>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > >>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >>> // On Facebook: http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > >>> // On Instagram: https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > // On Facebook: http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > // On Instagram: https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> // On Facebook: http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto // On Instagram: https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto