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  1. How to Check for Sensor Dust Without Scanning a FrameDust is an unavoidable part of film scanning, particularly when a scanner has spent years in a cupboard, workshop, or spare room. The difficult part is…
  2. Coolscan Slide Scanning: Auto-Exposure or Manual Mode?Choosing between auto-exposure and manual mode on a Nikon Coolscan affects far more than scan brightness. The setting influences highlight detail, shadow…
  3. From Nikon Coolscan Negatives to a Finished Web GalleryA Nikon Coolscan can produce remarkably detailed files from 35mm negatives and slides, but a good web gallery depends on more than optical resolution. The…
  4. Scanning Fuji Provia 100F Without the Blue CastFuji Provia 100F is valued for its fine grain, crisp detail and clean daylight colour, but those strengths can make a scanning error unusually obvious. A slide…
  5. Crafting a Custom Focus Target for Your CoolscanThe Coolscan family sits in a category of its own. Whether you run a V ED, an IV ED, an LS-50, or a later LS-9000, the lens and sensor resolution is high…
  6. Measuring Coolscan Dynamic Range With a Stouffer Step WedgeAustralian photographers who still shoot 35mm film, or who have inherited generations of Kodachromes from the 1970s, often want a hard number for how much…
  7. Scanning Negatives for a Photo Book: A Workflow That Holds UpPutting together a photo book from a sleeve of 35mm negatives rewards patience in the first half and punishes shortcuts in the second. Once the images are on…
  8. How to Free a Stuck Film Advance in a Coolscan HolderA jammed film holder can stop a Nikon Coolscan workflow at the most inconvenient moment, especially when a strip is already positioned for scanning. The usual…
  9. Native Resolution Scanning on Coolscan Units and the Limits of UpsamplingAustralia has a small but devoted community of film scanning hobbyists from Hobart to Cairns, many running older Coolscan units that have survived decades in…
  10. Scanning Kodak T-Max 100 and tuning sharpness for fine grainT-Max 100 is one of the smoothest black and white films still on Australian shelves, and it responds remarkably well to a well-tuned dedicated film scanner.…