Hello, I own an Umax Astra 4000U flatbed 1200dpi scanner w/tranny lid. The overall quality of the scans from slide film is not so bad. Unfortunately some areas of most scans appear to be kind of grainy. These are not really deep shadows, so I'm not really sure it's noise, though it probably is. Any variations in the settings of the Umax MagicScan software have not helped with this behaviour.
The inkjet printer, an Epson 1200, exaggerates this graininess, it looks a bit strange having such obviously digital looking areas in an otherwise very photographic looking print. This graininess or noise particularly likes to show up in shadow areas of skintones and hair, which is frustrating for me since I mainly photograph people and portraits, and this really degrades my digital output. I have made up a page with two scans and magnified areas to illustrate the problem at http://www.geocities.com/johnny_zasada. I'd be glad to hear from you if this really is noise or am I doing something wrong. Are there any tricks to get rid of this? Would the Epson 2450 be an improvement, or does it have the same problems? Most reviews I've read were from landscape photographers. Thanks in advance Johnny _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
