Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I was wondering what is your opinion on which is a better scan. I have scanned the same negative with light & medium dust removal respectively. However, I have found the "light" one is sharper but has coarser grain, while the "medium" one is blurrer but has less visible grain. The problem is, coarser grain one would appear even coarser once sharpened. For whose who have scanned and print your own photos, which should I keep? <
what DPI are you scanning at? which scanner? i think i would stick with light dust removal and manual touch up the places that need more work. for this particular image, i think the grain is a useful effect, but also, it's one where i would not apply any sharpening. there already is motion blur. i don't always sharpen my images. my digital cameras ones i do all the time because i have disabled the camera's internal automatic sharpening. for film, it depends on the subject. Herb....
