Ken,
Are you scanning with a Nikon scanner? I'm curious to see your results.
I'm scanning with a Nikon 8000ED with Vuescan.
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On 6/23/12 12:14 AM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>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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