From: Shannon Stoney (sstoney@pdq.net)
Date: 10/26/02-10:25:32 AM Z
Eric wrote:
>
>Most B&W films that I scan, I turn off the USM setting and wait until
>just before final output to apply it and apply it as little as needed
>with color. Overly dense negatives and overly contrasty negs give
>scanners or techs fits, so just like with good prints, poorly exposed
>film or poorly processed film can lead to bad scans.
>
I have wondered about this. If you processed your negatives for
alt-processes like pt/pd or cyanotype, you probably did make them
denser than negatives for silver gelatin printing. So, how do you
adjust scanner settings to take care of that?
--shannon
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