Re: filmscanners: Digital ICE. To use or not?

["Moreno Polloni" <mp@dccnet.com>]

> I owned the Nikon LS8000 for a little while and now I have the Minolta
Scan
> Multi Pro.  I've read various things about how ICE can soften an image and
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/ice.htm even has an article about how to
> lessen the problem.
>
> With both scanners, I wasn't able to detect any softening due to Digital
> ICE.  Is there something I'm missing?  Is there a particular situation
where
> this would be more apparent?

I've heard others on this list complain about ICE's overall softening of the
image, but I can't see it (on 8000 scans). Perhaps it's something that might
be visible under a microscope, but certainly not on a print.