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1. Tony (coldkennels@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 06:34:32 JST Tony

   Someone on RFF mentioned he was seeing a lot of film photographers posting black and white images straight from the scanner with no adjustment - meaning there were no real blacks to speak of, and everything was a mix of flat grey and white.

   Now I can't unsee it and it's everywhere, so I'm writing this in the hope I can infect someone else.

   #believeinfilm #filmphotography

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 06:34:32 JST Eugen Rochko

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     @coldkennels I started adjusting the black and white points on my scans after someone on here pointed it out to me.

   • Tony (coldkennels@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 07:16:24 JST Tony

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron I never want to be That Guy and point it out myself, but it makes such a huge difference to the finished product. I guess maybe pointing it out *is* the kinder thing to do? I mean, I’ve seen your work lately and a lot of it is beautiful. We can’t learn if no one speaks up.

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 23:59:02 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Ralph Brandi

     @thereisnocat @coldkennels I don’t control the scanner, the lab does that.

   • Ralph Brandi (thereisnocat@toot.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 23:59:03 JST Ralph Brandi

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @coldkennels Are you doing it before you scan or after? Best to do it before, in the scanning program, rather than after you scan in your editing program because you maximize the amount of information in the file that way.