Re: Sprintscan 120 issues/findings (comments welcomed)

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On 15 Apr 2002 at 23:29, Simon Lamb wrote:

> I have scanned a Delta 100 image this evening using a Flextight Photo at a
> dealer.  After the prescan the histogram showed the white point at about 50
> (which was fine as there was not any really white component to the image)
> and the range of other tones went all the way to 255 with a fairly even
> distribution.
> 
> When I scanned the image I found that all pixels from about 210 to 255 were
> showing as black and I could not get any detail to show, even though I know
> it is there from a scan done on a Sprintscan 120.  The histogram shows that
> the detail should have been there.
> 
> Can someone explain what has happened as all the level and curve
> manipulation that I have tried does not seem to get the detail to show.


I've always maintained that there's more to the life 
of a film scanner than Levels and Curves.

Like a real exposure control.


rafe b.

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