Re: filmscanners: Kodak Color Input Targets

["IronWorks" <ironworks@ameritech.net>]

I would think that 1 slide target would be sufficient because you are
calibrating the scanner as a whole once, not 2 separate calibrations - one
for Kodachrome and one for Ektachrome.

I think, however, that you would be wise to also purchase the 5X7 Ektacolor
target, to compare to your monitor after the scan and to the printer after
printing.

Maris

----- Original Message -----
From: <BHannaford@aol.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Cc: <BHannaford@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 3:52 PM
Subject: filmscanners: Kodak Color Input Targets


| I acknowledge that I'm a "newbie" to film scanning, so I'll ask a question
| that may have a very obvious answer: How much sense does it make to
purchase
| one or both of Kodak's Q-60 Color Input Targets for calibrating a new
| scanner?  I have well in excess of 1000 slides to archive--about equal
| numbers of Kodachrome and Ektachrome--and the targets cost $40 and $29
| respectively.
|
| Am I likely to save time and re-work by using the targets for calibration,
or
| is there there some "better" (cheaper, quicker, simpler,etc) way to keep
the
| scanner in calibration?
|
| BTW, I don't have the scanner yet, although the Acer ScanWit 2720s is at
the
| top of my list.
|
| Thanks in advance.
|
| Bruce