Before And After Samples

[Alan Jones]

I asked forum member Norman if he would like to do some comparative film scans as we have almost the same set up, my Nikon LS5000 scanner has slightly more resolution, but still shouldn't make too much difference on screen. Here are the results and obviously the B&W picture has been edited in a very basic way...

Norman let me know if this is something like what you are achieving...

Regards,
Alan

 

[Norman 1928 - 2018]

Thanks Alan for the images. There is a certain law which has operated and you chose to use the one negative I had ignored. However, not to worry I look forward to getting my eyes on the original scan file.

I am surprised at the rather prominent blue cast which I tend not to see on colour negatives but I do on Kodachrome 25 slides. Do you always get such a cast and, when you do, do you remove it before converting to B&W?

Norman

 

[Alan Jones]

Norman I think the law you are referring to is that of "Sod"
But yes I sometimes get a cast for various reasons, years ago when white balance was just a young lad we could tell the time of day that a picture was taken by the colour temperature on the print. Now I filter this out when I scan colour negatives, look under the color tab in Vuescan, I fiddle with the sliders to achieve the look that is most neutral which helps when I convert to B&W,
Regards,
Alan