Nikon ls2000

[kwimartin]

I am using this scanner to digitise my film but i seem to be able to see the grain even when i use 16x multisample the photos i see on this site look better than i can get results with this scanner, i have had the scanner from new when it first came out but have not used it much due to the results .Anyone having good luck with this scanner?
i am shooting fuji nps 160 velvia and sensia and superior 100 some kodak print film also

[Artorius]

I am using this scanner to digitise my film but i seem to be able to see the grain even when i use 16x multisample the photos i see on this site look better than i can get results with this scanner, i have had the scanner from new when it first came out but have not used it much due to the results .Anyone having good luck with this scanner?
i am shooting fuji nps 160 velvia and sensia and superior 100 some kodak print film also

Something we can see?

[kwimartin]

Here's a sample straight from the scanner using multisample 16x and ie setting it has been saved for web in photoshop and resized

[kaiyen]

Well, at 2700dpi the ls2000 is right about there for grain aliasing. But that's not what you're getting with that color image, since it's dye clouds (I'm assuming c41 negative film?). Do you have sharpening turned on? What software are you using?

allan

[kwimartin]

i am using nikon scan 1.31 without sharpening bunping the contrast with curves digital ice normal setting and 16x multisampleing, the film was fuji sensia slide film then it was resised and saved for web in photoshop.this image is typical of what the results i get. Would 4000 dpi be even worse ? What do you mean dye clouds?
Martin

[kaiyen]

C41 negative color film uses dye clouds - not grain - to produce images. I actually don't know what slide film uses, but I don't think it's technically using grain, either.

Even the resized version isn't really showing the grain that you're talking about. What speed film is it? The 100 or 400?

allan

[kwimartin]

Today i got a cd from ritz and when i look at the scan it seems much smoother.This film is fuji nps 160 it was just saved for web in photoshop
Martin

[Athena]

I use a Nikon 5000D scanner and quite pleased with it except for the clunky software.

BTW, your pic seems to either be vignetted at the top - or perhaps you hand "hooded" to top of the lens when you shot the pic?

Here is a scan of a pic taken with my Cosina R2S and Nikkor 5.0cm and scanned by the 5000D scanner.

The original pic was shot with T-Max 400 and scanned into a TIFF file which was dropped down to JPEG (high) for this post.

[Lonely Driver]

I had a Nikon LS2000 and I didn't think very highly of it - I think my results were somewhat similar to yours. I ended up upgrading to a Nikon Coolscan IV and haven't looked back. The plus is, it's not SCSI and it's still WAY faster than the LS2000.

[kwimartin]

Thanks athena yes my picture is vignetted it is the 15mm cv lens.
It takes me 5 mins to scan because it is at 16x. Have you used multisampling on the 5000 ?
Lonely Driver do you have a sample from your scanner ? and yes i hate the scsi i have to reboot to turn it on if my computer is already on
Martin