On 2/3/02 at 3:01 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Entlich) wrote: > When you use the term "flare" do you mean that light areas near dark > ones tend to be washed out around the edges, almost like a soft focus > halo around the very brightest areas? > > If so, you've brought up an issue that has been discussed before in this > group and the other scanner group without resolution. > > Since i never got a straight answer for the other people who discussed > this (and I don't own an LS2000), I was wondering if this problem is > relatively new, if it manifested over time, or if it was there since new? > > I have a suspicion, like you, that it is due to dirt or oils that got > deposited on some of the optics causing this blooming, but others are > suggesting it is an inherent CCD design issue. > > I can't answer how involved a cleaning is, but I would be interested if > you can tell me if this problem is one which has developed over time. > > > Art
This is something I've only noticed recently- I scanned some very contrasty (excessively) XP2 negatives and in the scan I could see brownish areas like a halo around the black of the subject's hair. Once I worked out that these were the lightest areas of the negative I realised this is probably flare- I'm just not used to seeing it in reverse. Joe B. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
