Re: [APML] A questions for users of the SS4000

[Alan Voetsch <alanv12952@yahoo.com>]

Hey Carlos,

--- "Carlos Milovic F." <cmilovic@yahoo.es> wrote: 
> I think that the profile only changes the gamma value of each channel
> for visualization, and has nothing to do with the scanning process.
> It changes the values after that. So, I'm inclined to think that a
> true raw scan is always the best option.

Yes, I will continue to do that.
> 
> I think that if you see clipped histograms is becouse the background
> is just too dark and the scanner isn't capable of discriminating it
> from pure black. I'd recomend to you to push your slides up to two
> steps, allowing the film base become less opaque, and by far more
> easy to scan.

I'm leaning towards doing that. At least I'll experiment with it and
see what happens. I sometimes hesitate to do something new like that
when there is 50-100 hours of exposures on the film.

Thanks,
Alan



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