BTW, I want to mention that I also use the Leafscan 45 with a MAC G4 running OS 9.2.2
with Photoshop 7.0 and a Leaf 2.2 plug-in and SCSI. I much prefer this to Silverfast for
scanning in B&W as it is much faster. I can scan a 6X4.5 negative in B&W with the Leaf 2.2
plugin in about two and one-half minutes, that is with 16-bit and at 2540 spi. With
Silverfast it takes at least twice as long.
However, if you are scanning color Silverfast is a better option.
Sandy King
--- In Leafscan%40yahoogroups.com">Leafscan
yahoogroups.com, "ssanking" <sanking...> wrote:
>
>
> I am still using my Leafscan 45 for MF, 6X4.5, 6X7 and 6X9. For LF I use a Scitex
> EverSmart Pro. 2540 spi on the Leafscan 45 gives a much sharper scan than 4800 or
6500
> on one of the Epson consumer scanners. And if you stitch the MF scanning in 2:1 mode
at
> 5080 spi you will get a better scan than with any scanner short of a drum or high end
> flatbed like the EverSmart Supreme or IQSmart3. The real resolution of my Leaf 45,
> scanning at 5080 spi, is around 80 lp/mm. So I will continue to use mine as long as it
> works
>
> My set-up is pretty similar to yours. Mac OS 10.3.9 with Silverfast Ai. However, I have
one
> of the sapphire glass mounts so I fluid mount everything, which gives IMO a much
better
> scan than you can get with the regular carrier. With fluid mounting you get more
micro-
> contrast and much finer grain. You can not buy the glass mounts anymore but it would
> not be difficult to have one made. I put some dimensions in the file section of this
forum
> for anyone interest. With a glass mount and fluid mounting there would be no problem
at
> all scanning full frame. Another solution would be to get one of the Besseler carriers
that
> sandwich the negative between AN glass. You might even be able to fluid mount this
way,
> though I am not sure.
>
> What is the best way to get B&W scans. Well, if you are starting with a B&W negative just
> scan in B&W, and set your pre-scan to monochrome. This is very fast. Takes my Leaf
45
> about three minutes to scan a 6X7 negative at 2540 spi in B&W mode. However, if you
> start with a color negative and want to make a B&W print the best way is to scan RGB
and
> then adjust the channels in Photoshop to get the most pleasing tonal values. This
usually
> works much better than scanning the color negative in B&W, but scanning large
negatives
> in RGB takes a lot of time, over 20 minutes for me with a 6X7 color negative.
>
>
>
> Sandy King
>;
>
>
>
> --- In Leafscan%40yahoogroups.com">Leafscanyahoogroups.com, Ralph Burns <ralphburns> wrote:
> >
>; > Hello anyone ......
> >
> > Sometimes I fear that everyone has either given up their 45's .......
> > or died ............. tell me
> > it ain't so .......
> >
> > Novice question ........... what is the best way to get the entire
> > 35mm negative image AND some
>; > of the clear film base on all four edges (black borders) ??
> >
> > My inclination is to do what I've always done in the
> > enlarger ........ file out my Leaf
>; > 35mm unmounted carrier ........... but for some reason I hesitate.
> >
> > Is there any issues with doing that ......... flare, scratching, etc?
>; >
> > Is their another carrier I can use without mucking up my 35mm Leaf
> > carrier?
> >
> > Also, I remember discussions in the about using Beseler
> > carriers .......... how
> > is that done???? Is it the 23c series or the 4x5? Is the carrier
> > placed into the larger Leaf carrier holder that came with the Leaf
> > carrier set?
>; >
> > And any other advice on getting the best B&W scans ........ I'm using
> > Photoshop CS3, MAc OSX,
>; > and Silverfast ............
> >
> > So many questions, so little time.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ralph
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>;
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