Re: [APML] M31 pentax67 e200 FSQ-106...

[Jeff Crilly <jlcapml@sbcglobal.net>]

Couple comments on your insightful comments...

First.. what good insight.. I hadnt considered other
films.
Provia400f on M31 just didnt seem to be very good at
all.
It may have been too short of an exposure.

> 
>      I agree that E200 pushed +2 and curve
> stretching on single shot of
> this object probably always going to be around this
> level of  "grainyness",

One thing I did was to do the scanning and stretching
on 16 bit data, then knock it down to 8 bit.   I think
this
helped, but there is definitely still some grain.  I
also
added a tiny bit of unsharp masking.

> but I bet 3 X  60 averaged or median combined, 

I'm still trying to figure out how to combine a _big_
image set.
e.g. 6kx5k pixels.  The current machine is 512mb, and
it
has a tough time with the 6x7 2400dpi scans.

I'm definetely going to be capturing more M31 images
for combining, etc.  I'll likely experiment with other
films... its possible that some of the non-nebula film
might be good on the galaxy.

jeff

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