Re: filmscanners: SS120 Grain Problem

2001-12-04 Thread Bruce Kinch
>I'm having problems with grain with the Polaroid SS120. This can be >seen in the sample at: > >http://www.spirer.com/images/grain.jpg > >This is from a 6x7 neg scanned at 2880, unsharpened. I get far less >grain with my Epson 1640 and am wondering what is going on. The >original neg is Tri-

Re: filmscanners: SS120 Grain Problem

2001-12-04 Thread Ian Lyons
Jim, If you have SilverFast (might be possible in Photoshop but I've never tried) it is possible to reduce the grainy look (aliasing) by using the Descreen filter. I posted a short tutorial on this a week or so back to my web site. http://www.rgbnet.co.uk/ilyons/sf5-negafix/grain_reduction.htm

Re: filmscanners: SS120 Grain Problem

2001-12-04 Thread Bernie Ess
- Original Message - From: "Jeff Spirer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:58 AM Subject: filmscanners: SS120 Grain Problem > I'm having problems with grain with the Polaroid SS120. This can be see

Re: filmscanners: SS120 Grain Problem

2001-12-04 Thread Bill Fernandez
Jeff-- I pulled out a couple of Tri-X scans at 1000 dpi, 2000 dpi and 4000 dpi I made on my Nikon LS4000ED a couple of months ago as a test, and they don't look any better than the sample you posted. These are 30-year old negs which I think were from my Rodinal period (one of them could hav

filmscanners: SS120 Grain Problem

2001-12-03 Thread Jeff Spirer
I'm having problems with grain with the Polaroid SS120. This can be seen in the sample at: http://www.spirer.com/images/grain.jpg This is from a 6x7 neg scanned at 2880, unsharpened. I get far less grain with my Epson 1640 and am wondering what is going on. The original neg is Tri-X in Rod