Epson 4490 scanner question

[grantray]

Just out of curiosity, have you gone in and clicked on the configuration tab (in professional mode) and then gone to the color tab and then unchecked the continuous auto exposure option? Maybe I am misunderstanding the orginal issue, but maybe this will get you where you want to go. It won't auto color/exposure correct unless/until you manually click the auto exposure button. Sorry if I am going down the wrong road here 🙂

Yeah, I'll give that a swing as it's deifinitely on point with what I was asking.

-grant

 

[kaiyen]

Doug,
Good to see you on RFF. I didn't realize you had joined. I will dig up the software that came with my 4490 and give it a try. Why not, right? Though I have no idea what the workflow would be. Anyone care to share? perhaps on the wiki? Did I mention I set up a wiki?

allan

 

[xvvvz]

Allan - if you mean a workflow for HDR output, I just scan (no adjusments) and then open in Photoshop. You will have a very flat scan but all the information will be there. At that point, you just do your normal curve/point adjustments. Supposedly, you are just getting the raw data from the scanner with no software intervention.

Doug
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[kaiyen]

Doug,
So this isn't actually a Vuescan RAW file, just a Vuescan straight scan. But Vuescan has already made _some_ adjustments - shape of curve, stuff like that.

allan

 

[grantray]

Okay, so I got rid of auto exposure. Since that looks crappy I'm going to play around and see if there is a way to manually control for brighter exposure.

The reason why I'm being such a pain on this issue is this- I'm trying to avoid strenuous post-editing that results in pixelation and noise in the final image. If the scan is poor, I may have to do some severe pushing to restore levels to that of the original negative. (Funny. As I type this I realize I only have this problem with c-41, never e-6.) Any suggestions? Or am I simply demanding that a non-pro scanner act like the pro that it isn't?

-grant

 

[kaiyen]

My 4490 does a fine job, and the results with MF are comparable with what I get with my Nikon IV. With Vuescan.

allan

 

[xvvvz]

>>So this isn't actually a Vuescan RAW file, just a Vuescan straight scan.<<

The HDR to which I was referring was a Silverfast SE option, not Vuescan. It was just a method to get 48 bit files out of SE which has limited output options.

Doug
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www.BetterScanning.com

 

[sinetsin]

Yesterday i found a cheap Epson 4490 after buy it i have a question
Somebody can say me what is the high resolution in tiff for a B&w film i'll get with this Epson?
Many thanks!
sinetsin