I can't help directly but did you see this recent thread? 'Scanning Negatives and Slides'
http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2010-March/216759.html Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:04 -0500, "Nick Wright" <nickwright1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been fighting with bad scans for quite a while now. > > By bad I mean images that when viewed at 100% look as though shot with > a cheap digicam. > > So today I took a roll of film to a "pro" lab in the big city and paid > about three times as much as the discount stores charge to get some > "good" scans from my roll of film. > > Imagine my disappointment when I get the CD in the machine and > discover the same kind of cheap looking scan. > > Here's an example: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalingprose/4443788489/sizes/o/ > > Turns out the sharpening method I used exaggerated the effect, but I'm > leaving it as such for the time being so everyone can see what I'm > referring to. > > See especially in the dark areas? That's not grain, that's digital > noise ... unless I am completely mistaken. > > And I'm really sick of it. Is there no one left that makes good scans > from a roll of film? Help! > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
