In a message dated 1/15/2001 5:11:47 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> My understanding is that those sorts of properties are what the film
> manufacturers currently are trying to control and adjust in their new film
> emulsions such as Supra. But so far they have not taken the step of
> eliminating the orange mask;
Removing the orange mask wouldn't make scanning any easier.
This is by far the least difficult step in scanning negative film.
The four hardest parts of scanning negative film are, from
most difficult to least difficult:
1) White balance
2) Compressing negative film intensity range
3) Color correction for CCD and film dyes
4) Sensitometric curves for film dyes
When printing film on paper, steps 3&4 are
done automatically by the characteristics of
the paper and the filters used, and steps 1&2
are done slightly differently by each minilab
manufacturer.
Whether the film has an orange mask or
not doesn't make any of these four things
any easier or harder.
Regards,
Ed Hamrick
