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- Silverfast not recognizing plustek scanner archive#
- Silverfast not recognizing plustek scanner full#
- Silverfast not recognizing plustek scanner software#
To make a long story short, I gave up trying to use it when I went back to film nine month ago because I found that it loses sharpness on at the trailing end of the 35mm frame (as the negative is fed into the scanner in portrait orientation). I haven't tried the Plustek, but perhaps my experience with the Imacon Precision III is not really OT. To be honest, photographing the negative was still faster than scanning it! The method to photograph the negative with a 36 MP FF sensor holds up very well against the high resolution scans. Second the 100% crop of the scan 7200 ppi:Ĭonclusion: All of them are very similar, but I wouldn't go below 3600 ppi scanning to avoid losing visible resolution at 100%. There was no visible loss in resolution on the screen and for the demonstration here by doing this (clearly for printing purposes you wouldn't do this!).īelow the 100% crop areas of all three images for comparision.įirst again the crop from the photographed negative:
Silverfast not recognizing plustek scanner software#
The SilverScan 8 software only allows to save as TIFF in 16 bit mode scanning, so I just saved them as uncompressed JPGs in PS since the TIFF files were very large.
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Silverfast not recognizing plustek scanner full#
The Plustek 6200i Ai scans look the same - full JPG file size 7200 ppi is 19.5 MB, 3600 ppi is 14.7 MB. Hallo Gast!ĭu willst die Bilder sehen? Einfach registrieren oder anmelden! Please register or sign in to view the hidden content. Post processing in PS (channel inversion, tonal curve adjustment, B&W color setting, level and contrast adjustments) Smart Removal of Defects (SRD): disabled for B&W scanning purposesīelow the results - first as comparison the final scan done with photographing the negative with Sony A7R and macro lens using a LED light table. Otherwise the final image appeared too grainy. Unsharp Masking (USM): tested it with and without - my conclusion was to disable this function, too. Selective Color to Grey (SC2G): didn't do any changes here Scan Dimensions: I tested it first with 7200 ppi, then with 3600 ppi -> Is there a way to choose another resolution manually within this workflow than only selecting from three given ppi options?Īutomatic Correction: kept Histogram unchanged, made a slight S-curve within the following Gradation tool.Īuto-Adaptive Contrast Optimisation Tool (AACO): unchecked the box, didn't use it Negafix Settings: Vendor - Ilford, Filmtype - HP5+, ISO/ASA - 400, CCR checked, standard settings for exposure and toleranceĪfter the following prescan, I found that always the frame has to be adjusted. I found this worked best in the WorkFlow Pilot: I performed some comparison testing with a B&W negative today to see which is the best way to scan with the SilverFast 8.8 software. What is your best / most proficient workflow using plustek scanners and this software? Did you encounter any drawbacks? I would prefer to have the scan saved as DNG but would like to have it processed like it is offered for all the other image file modes as JPG, TIFF etc.
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Silverfast not recognizing plustek scanner archive#
I didn't find yet a way to get an automated color calibration after the negative was scanned with the archive mode. One thing I struggle with is the archive mode of the negative - the only option to save the file in RAW as DNG. I also like the infrared dust scan and automatic subtraction from the photo - it works really well and leaves other image parts intact. I prefer to use the internal settings for films to choose from - the color calibration of the scanned color negative appears fairly correct afterwards that only minimal adjustment is needed. I updated to the SilverFast 8.8 version which has a lot of options - tricky part is to figure out what is mainly needed for a good color calibration of a scan and what is more optional. So far I am very impressed by the scanner and the software. Posting here to hear from others who use a plustek scanner with SilverFast software. To do the color calibration manually in PS or LR is not always easy. Main reason for it was correct color calibration of color negatives. After digitizing for quite a while all my 35 mm negatives via photographing them with 1:1 macro lens, tripod, and LED light table, I decided now to get the plustek 8200i Ai scanner with SilverFast 8 software.