Art
Please specify what you require of a sample scan, then
I'll see what I can do.
David
--- Arthur Entlich <artistic-1@shaw.ca> wrote: > I
can't refer to the Minolta Multi Pro because I
> haven't used it, don't
> know anyone personally who owns one, and no one has
> yet sent me any
> sample scans to test.
>
> But I know the Dimage II. And I shoot 98% slides,
> and I still have the
> problem with the Minolta, and it also happens with
> dirt and dust, not
> just grain.
>
> Art
>
> David Harris wrote:
>
> > Please remember that these exaggerations only seem
> to
> > occur when scanning negatives, I wonder if that is
> > significant?
> > --- Arthur Entlich <artistic-1@shaw.ca> wrote: >
> >
> >>Preston Earle wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>At 10:09 AM -0600 3/20/02, david/lisa soderman
> >>>
> >>wrote: "Images from
> >>
> >>>scanned negs are extremely grainy" and
> "Meanwhile,
> >>>
> >>the Scan Multi Pro
> >>
> >>>has rougher, grainy skin."
> >>>
> >>>"Roger Smith" <rsmith@unb.ca> added: "It sounds
> >>>
> >>similar to what I get
> >>
> >>>with my Minolta Scan Dual II."
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Yup, mine too. I started filtering everything for
> >>>
> >>"light" grain
> >>
> >>>reduction in VueScan and quit worrying. That
> seems
> >>>
> >>to get the grain to
> >>
> >>>acceptable levels without softening the image too
> >>>
> >>much. I don't sharpen
> >>
> >>>in the scanner.
> >>>
> >>>Preston Earle
> >>>PEarle@triad.rr.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>The point Roger and I are making is that you may
> be
> >>sharpening in the
> >>scanner and not knowing it. SOme scanners are
> >>sharpening even when the
> >>sharpening software is set to zero. I am trying
> to
> >>find out which do
> >>this, and by how much. Based upon the light
> source
> >>in the Minolta
> >>Scanners, the exaggerated grain, dirt, dust and
> >>scratches, makes me
> >>wonder what's going on. Typically, the cold
> cathode
> >>type lighting
> >>diminishes these things rather than exaggerates
> >>them.
> >>
> >>Art
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
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