[pure-silver] Re: Scanning b&w negatives vs. making contacts
- From: "Eric Neilsen Photo" <ej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:53:12 -0600
in a quick review of the comments here, there are many workflows that people
are using; some to real paper some to full scans or all negs. It all
depends on the next part of the equation . Digital or wet print? are you
selling your work on line so both? or do you tone in ways not easily made
with PS and so, a print is the only way to get an image to web either a scan
or flat art copy.
I typically scan my work these days. in a 12 at a time, Nikon 9000 batch
scan.
Eric Neilsen
Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
www.ericneilsenphotography.com
skype me with ejprinter
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Kaiser
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 6:56 PM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Scanning b&w negatives vs. making contacts
I scan the BW negatives along with a Stouffer step wedge.
Then I put the scan into ImageJ.
This allows me to read absolute density for developer modification.
I also read relative densities for choice of paper contrast grade.
ImageJ is a free download from NIH. It is a technical image analysis program
used by medical people for reading xrays, ct scans, mri data, etc.
Ken
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Photovergne <wilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I digitally photograph my negs on a light table. A lot quicker than either
scanning or contacting them. I only scan when I want to digitally
manipulmate the file.
Wilbert
On 07/11/2011 15:01, Claudio Bonavolta wrote:
I usually do my 35mm contact prints during a normal printing session, so I
don't need to specifically to mix chemicals and clean trays.
I like contact prints because they are already a first print on real paper.
As I write down the contact print exposure parameters, these serve later on
as a starting point for the first straight prints and that speeds up the
printing session.
Claudio Bonavolta
www.bonavolta.ch
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De: Martin magid <mailto:martin.magid@xxxxxxxxx> <martin.magid@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 07:58:02 -0500
Sujet: [pure-silver] Re: Scanning b&w negatives vs. making contacts
À: Pure Silver <mailto:pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Making 35 mm contact sheets with my old Epson 1680 scanner is so much easier
than the wet method. If not every frame is exposed perfectly, each
individual frame can be edited in just seconds using Levels to get a decent
exposure for the contact sheet. Printing is very quick. And no mixing
chemicals, cleaning trays, cleaning up spills nor waiting for the print to
dry.
Marty
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