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Thankx Jeff,
I appreciate your comments. I used adjustment layers and saved as a PSD so tweaking the levels/curves some more should be quite easy. I actually kinda cheated...there's some vignetting in the shot as well as a shadow from the OAG. Rather than process this out (as I should have) I just chopped it all off quick and dirty. I've been to Jerry's site as well as some others on the list...lots of good stuff...so much to learn, so little time <g>...but with Isodore beating on us right now there's not much else to do. I'll definitely be giving this shot a thorough work over, thanks for the pointers. I suspect the source of the scratches is the lab. The last few frames of the roll were a bit crumpled too. I'm actually entertaining the idea of doing my own E6. It seems that temp control and timing are the hot buttons and I believe I am disciplined enough to get consistent results. It's either that or find another lab that doesn't send slides out for processing. I have an ST-5C and would like to start autoguiding, but I wanted to try manual guiding on this first roll as a baseline. Next roll I'll give autoguiding a go. I have seen the ears while I was playing around with levels and curves...I'll see if I can bring those out. As for focusing, I think my Stilletto KEF needs some recalibration. All of my shots with the f/6.3 FR are out of focus and most of my f/10 shots are a little soft. Collimation on the C8 is good so I don't think that's a factor. I think I'll shoot a roll and see if I can find the optimal setting. 'course it could just be operator error <vbg>. The idea of combining with Provia is intriguing. You guys are great! Thanks for all the help! Carpe Nox, Frank
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