After a search, a found a lot of stuff, but nothing relevant.
I had used my CanoScan 9000F about a year ago to scan film, mostly 4x5 black and white film, and it had done a decent job. For those who don't know, this is a flatbed scanner with the transparency adapter and film holders. It's meant to scan up to medium format (6cm wide) but I have been scanning 4x5 in two segments and stitching in Photoshop CS5 using photomerge to "reposition." I'm also using VueScan 9.0.08 I think. I'm also using Windows 7.
Now, obviously this isn't the ideal way, but having pretty limited resources, it's all that I can do. I will try to attach some scans to illustrate my problems.
Last year, I was scanning, and my scans would come out a little light, but I could use Levels to darken it to where it needed to go. I've got an awesome 8x10 of a creek at winter and I could probably print at least 11x14 with great quality. I'm going back to scan now with the same settings as far as I know, and it's just not working. Now, my scans are incredibly bright and when I attempt to darken it to where it was exposed, I'm having problems. Contrast is getting out of hand, there's nowhere near the resolution I should be seeing based on previous scans. As I said, I'm going to try to attach a good scan, and then a recent scan.
One should be a smaller version of the creek image stitched together, another will be part of the creek image before it was combined with the other and corrected, and the last is half of a scan I just made which just will not do what I want it to do. Is there a way in my version of VueScan to set the exposure exactly how I want it? It's strange that as soon as my scan completes, it looks great, but then 1/4 of a second later, the scan turns bright and unusable before it saves and opens in Photoshop.
I am scanning with the negative emulsion side up (I think) and I use the medium format slot as a guide to hold the film where I need it. The negative is touching the class and is simply being held there by the sides of the film holder. Any advice?
Thanks!
Andrew
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