Calibration

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This section contains calibration items, primarily to set up and test the equipment and software we use, and to see what sort of settings to use. If you really want to use exhibits from this section, you may, but remember that these are not meant to be works of beauty!

hollyhock seedling growing between tiles 9 AJHD.jpg ... hollyhock seedling growing between tiles rescan 9 AJHD.jpg

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hollyhock seedling growing between tiles 9 AJHD.jpg (Calibration)

Scanned from 35mm film with an Epson Pefection 4990 Photo flatbed/film scanner in "Professional Mode" with mainly default settings (except scan resolution), ie:

Positive film
720dpi resolution
24 bit colour
Unsharp mask medium
Best quality scan
JPEG compression 16 (high quality).

hollyhock seedling growing between tiles rescan 9 AJHD.jpg (Calibration)

Scanned from 35mm film with an Epson Pefection 4990 Photo flatbed/film scanner in "Professional Mode" with mainly default settings (except scan resolution and unsharp mask), ie:

Positive film
720dpi resolution
24 bit colour
Unsharp mask OFF
Best quality scan
JPEG compression 16 (high quality).

. I think I slightly prefer this and will use it as standard for 35mm scans.

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