From: Michael Sinclair (gruesomegrinch@hotmail.com)
Date: 02/17/03-09:56:30 PM Z
Hello everyone,
I'm taking a workshop that includes preparing digital negatives to be
contact printed using a variety of alt processes. I'm starting from 35mm,
so I rented a Nikon Coolscan 4000 ED for a day, figuring I'd do a blitz on
my recent faves. I did slides, color negs and B&W negs.
Then I went to look at them in Photoshop. The slides were fine, but the
shots from the negs were not. Going into Levels, I found that the black end
of the histogram, from 0-23, was empty. Approx 10% of the tonal range was
missing.
Like I said, the slides were fine, but even so I phoned the rental joint;
they checked out the scanner and said it was fine. I took my negs and put
them under a densitometer; true black is definitely there. Conclusion:
somehow I screwed up the scans.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Thx, Michael
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