On Aug 24, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: >> What's your problem with scanning Kodachrome, Scott? >> >> - Turn on Nikon LS-40 >> - Turn off IR scratch and dust removal >> - Set up the rest of the parameters >> - Scan >> >> http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW2/02.htm > > This has been tossed around before once or twice. Both Tom Reese > and I > have encountered problems scanning slides with lots of contrast. I > originally thought it was because I was using a flatbed with film > carriers, but Tom's using a dedicated film scanner and having similar > issues. I think he has a KM, but I'm not sure.
I've scanned perhaps 4000-5000 negatives and transparencies since 1996. Transparencies take more effort to get right, for sure. You need either a relatively well exposed, somewhat flat transparency or a scanner with a lot of dmax to capture them properly. I've never used a flatbed scanner with transparencies, particularly dense one, and gotten quality scans. The Minolta Scan Dual II and now Nikon LS-40, however, work well. > Slides in general have been difficult. Getting the scan to look like > the slide is next to impossible. Operate the scanner to obtain the most information, not to get the scan "right". Make it look right in Photoshop. > BTW, that's a really pretty photograph. I like it. Thank you! It's one of my old favorite flower photos, made during one of my student periods when all I had was a Nikon FM body that I'd bought used for $80 and two lenses (Nikkor 35mm f/2 AI-S and 85mm f/2 AI-S) that I spent every penny I had earned for six months to buy new ... and they weren't all that expensive. Ah youth... Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
