I am looking forward to that article.
BTW, do you have any plan to try SilverFast?
EDB
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Norton [mailto:ken@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: June 23, 2012 12:15 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: [OM] BW film scan testing
So, in the interest of moving the art of B&W film scanning forward a couple
of inches (about 4cm for the undeveloped world), I've been doing some scan
tests. I took one negative that contains the full spectrum of tonal values
and scanned using VueScan using about every imaginable combination. The
results are quite interesting to say the least. My grouse about tonal
separation just might have some validity.
I might also have some solutions. This little exercise, whether it has any
value to anybody else, will be extremely valuable to me.
This will most certainly end up as a MAJOR article on Zone-10. I'll include
files for everybody to do their own experimenting too, I think.
I'll just tease with this: A straight monochrome scan (generic film setting,
neutral) turned out pretty good, but changing to multi-exposure (in-scanner
HDR) revealed quite different tonal curves, as did multi-exposure combined
with an RGB scanner exposure adjustment. Otherwise identical scans revealed
different imaging characteristics.
AG Schnozz
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Ken Norton
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