[rollei_list] Re: OT Re: Scanning 120 film

Get some windex and clean the glass. Then use dust off and blow the
particles off the glass and photo.

On Dec 30, 2007 1:41 PM, Frederic Vanwalleghem <fre@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I find that scanning paper/picture on a flatbed (Epson) shows a lot of
> dust
> on the scanned image, what is or can be seen as normal.
>
> Scanning a slide/negative on an embedded printer (like a Nikon where you
> insert the framed slides/negatives) should give less dust/better results,
> or
> am I wrong?
>
> Kind regards
> Frederic
>
>
> Op 30-12-2007 15:29, Neil Gould <neil@xxxxxxxxxxx> schreef:
>
> > Hi Douglas,
> >
> >> From: Douglas Nygren <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:33:32 -0500
> >>
> >> Hi Neil,
> >> Thank you for the reply. The reason I asked the question was that
> >> Ibecome interested in scanning midway through your thread.
> >>
> >> A friend has started to scan my negatives on his Imacon. He is
> >> teaching me how to edit them in Photoshop. I've thought about doing
> >> the scanning myself. What scanner do you use?
> >>
> > I use a Microtek 120tf for scanning medium format film.
> >
> >> I see that people use Vuescan. I googled it. Do you use it?  I know
> >> people use Imageprint for their printers and I know why, but I don't
> >> know why people use Vuecan.
> >>
> > I use Vuescan, SilverFast AI, and ScanWizard Pro with that scanner.
> > Depending on the task, each has features that are optimal.
> >
> >> Sorry for the ignorance. I am a darkroom holdout.  The digital
> >> darkroom has a seductive quality, but my eyes like the look of silver
> >> prints still. Silver prints have the glow that you see in paintings,
> >> the glazed effect. Digital has yet to achieve that. The new papers are
> >> promising, however.
> >>
> > As I mentioned earlier in this thread, there is a matrix of technologies
> > that can be used: film capture and optical printing; scanned film and
> > printing on an inkjet printer; scanned film and printing with a device
> > such as a Lightjet, to name a few. Using a Lightjet, which uses a laser
> to
> > write the image to silver-based print material, the prints have the
> > "silver glow" that you speak of because it prints on the same materials
> > that one uses in the darkroom. Each approach has its own "look", and
> > requires good practice and skills to control the image.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Neil
> >
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