Moose makes an important point here. A properly scanned image will have
rather low contrast and look rather flat. It's up to post processing to
give it some snap.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> - In my experience, Chuck is right, even a quite modest flatbed is
> capable of capturing all the detail and tonal range that these old
> contact prints hold. That is NOT to say that suitable scanner software
> settings and post processing can't vastly improve the visible detail and
> overall appearance of some such old images. LCE and Curves can sometimes
> work what appears to be magic in revealing detail not apparent on print
> or original scan. Other times - well, sometimes there just isn't much there.
>
> My guess is that an old 6x6 contact print from a Brownie may simply not
> have much to reveal.
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