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[OM] Re: scanning print negatives and scanner exposure inconsistencies

Subject: [OM] Re: scanning print negatives and scanner exposure inconsistencies
From: yves barbaroux <ybarbaroux@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 18:47:36 +0200
Hi jez
a slide has more density in the shadows and hence is asking for a 
scanner with more dynamic range
to translate them.
And i dont think that it is neutral ,it is only more conform to the 
"true colors " as we see them but not
necessary "exact "
Le 25 mai 04, à 15:59, Jez.Cunningham@xxxxxxxxxxx a écrit :

>
>
> Yves a ecrit: "you can but slides are more asking from your scanner 
> than
> negatives."
>
> Yves - why is it asking more of the scanner to scan a slide than a
> negative?  A slide (to be useful as a slide) has to be more-or-less
> properly exposed, whereas because a negative can be corrected (to a 
> certain
> extent) in the printing they are often taken with poor exposure 
> accuracy
> (at least by my family).   And at least in terms of the post-scanning
> software the color correction to compensate for the negative base is 
> always
> going to present a challenge to color accuracy, whereas a slide is
> inherently neutral.  (I can't find profiles for half the negatives I 
> try to
> scan...)
> thanks
> jez
>
>
>
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