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Sorry if this has been addressed before but i could not find the

answer doing a search.

I have a Epson Perfection 2480 Photo flatbed and I don't expect

Perfection from it scanning slides (pardon the pun) but when I scan

slides currently they all come out extreme dark(-ish) and gery (-ish)

as you can see on the attached image. The slide has "perfect" colors

and exposure.

Like said I don't expect that much from a flatbed but I have seen some

images here taken with slides and scanned with flatbeds that look much

better. So question: What is the workflow to enhance this image so

that it gets back some of its slide quality in PS? What "buttons" and

"sliders", in which order must be must? Any tip or comment is appreciated.<div></div>

Simon,

I think it is a second hand problem. I bought that camera new ad I never had any problems with it. Sounds like there is just somefink wrong or broken with the one you pruchased second hand. Sorry to say,. Can you get hold of the guy who sold it to you?

I will be visiting North italy, among the mountains I'm planning to

visit some of those lovely Italians cities: Verona, Trento and of

course Venice. What would you experts recommendations be for what

film(-s) I should take? Both color negative and slides? I want to

capture soem of the ancient, medieval and historical atmosphere of

those cites (without getting too cliche using B/W or Sepia).

I'm a bit worried about the light as my last trip to italy i got a

lot of this kind of photo's where I had trouble with bright

sun/shadows..something hard to avoid in narrow streets/historical city

centres. Anyway, point is what would be some good film from your

experiences?<div></div>

Thanks to all for reply-en...just ordered 10 rolls of NPH :)

Time to experiement!

Ok One is ISO 400 and the other ISO 100 with all consequenties for it

usage and film use is a matter of taste. However as I never used one

of them I was wondering what the general consenus among the more

experienced photographers is, which would be the better film for:

general portrait , wedding and people shooting?

I'm leaning towards the ISO 400 as it is can be used also in low(-er)

light condition. As film choice is always a trade off/compromise: what

am I "sacrificing" when i choose the NPH over NPS?

Hehehe so much fun..just asking a silly question about film, and voila....o many opinions.. :) Thanks guys! Basically it is all about personal preferences after all. ahh btw:

"If by beeing a "snob" means I'm not buying print film in truck stops and drug stores, and actually care how my pictures look, then call me a snob. No offense, but 200 speed print films, and amatuer print films in general, are used primarily by consumers (housewives and teenagers) and not real photographers"...yes Scot you are a snob...and btw why are you make such a fuzz about 200 films...when you photograph with a DIGITAL CAMERA.....no that is for amateurs and housewives and spoiled teenages hanhing bored behind there PC....

Ok here goes the beginner question:

I have been readung a lot on the film jungle and what strikes me is

that 200 iso films are really banned by alot of experts. Is this for a

technical/artisitc/rational reason? or is the sarcastic statement I

read "200 is just for people who can not make a decision between 100

and 400" I guess 200 is still better then 400 concerning graininess

yet not as good as 100 concerning colors. kind of compromiss. Any

way,....just wondering

Being an amateur I was wondering the follwoing:

At the photoshop where I usually go to develop my mediocre pics they

always ask me (beside teh matt/gloss and what size) "which quality" of

prints i want: normal, better or optimal (digitaly enhances or

somefink like that they tell me...)

As I'm always sure my pics will be not special any way I tend to go

with normal but hat if by luck there is 1 brilliant photo between the

24? Well maybe then it would be better to go with the better or

optimal quality, but those are more expensive...

So now I was wondering....where in the process is where they make the

difference in quality at the local photoshop?

Because if they allready make difference in developing the film into

the negatives then basically nothing can be done later. However if the

quality issue is being made in the printing stage (thus after the

developing of teh negatives) then it might pay to have my pics bening

developed and printed cheap and if there is a good photo, worth of

enlarging I can always have that one printed in optimal quality.

So basically..how does teh general photoshop work and how are those

quality differences made?