>I have been comparing a Nikon LS-30 and Minolta Scan Dual II.
>It seems with the LS-30 and Vuescan 6.4.9 there is a green cast on my scans.
>This is not happening with the Scan Dual II.
>
>I am using Fuji NPH 400 Color Negative Film.
I tried same NPH frame on both 6.4.4 and 6.4.9 with my LS-30 (pc, BruceRGB,
Color->Image Brightness=1). I did observe a few minor tone and color differences, but
no more than I'm accustomed to dealing with in Photoshop (16-bit mode files).
I did see a rather bizarre interaction of the clean option selection and preview
color: turning on the clean option drove preview darker and to cyan; but it did not
affect scan results and later was not repeatable.
I had been experimenting with the new Image Brightness control so there may have been
something going on there that I missed. Ed says this control will do brightening
better than in PS (?) or at least (in Ed's words):
the colors don't fade when you use it to increase the brightness.
It works quite well, and it does something that you can't do with
curves in Photoshop.
I do get dark images with image brightness=default 1 (6.4.4 and 6.4.9), but I don't
seem to get better results (or better/different color) increasing this value in
vuescan before going to photoshop vs adjusting image in PS. It's hard to experiment
with without a reliable preview image, and I have not been able to see its effects --
what it is doing -- vs what I can do with default 16-bit mode file in photoshop.
--
Bob Shomler
http://www.shomler.com/gallery.htm
