On Fri, 3 Jan 2003 04:57:57 -0500, Herb Chong wrote:

> what bit depth and other scanner settings did you use?

4,000 dpi, twelve bits per color
downconverted to eight bits per color before saving file

> what film?

Not positive, but most likely Portra 400 NC shot at 400 ASA.  I'll try
to remember to check.

> was FARE enabled and what effect does it have on the chroma noise?

It was enabled.  As far as I can tell, it does not affect chroma noise
in general.  It might in the vicinity of an obstruction, though.

> does the scanner do multisampling?

Not on these shots.

> despite the extra time it takes, i do 4 samples per pixel to reduce noise
> on my Nikon 4000ED scanner.

I've tried multisampling, and it doesn't seem to help too much with
this scanner.



TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ


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