RE: filmscanners: Scanning large quantities of slides...

[Jack Phipps <JPhipps@asf.com>]

Ron--
Digital ICE works well on many if not most Kodachrome slides. What happens
is that when there is a lot of cyan content, Digital ICE sometimes gives
unpredictable results. Of course, any dark part of the image will have a lot
of cyan. What happens is that you loose high frequency detail. White
lettering on a dark background becomes fuzzy. To get around this, you can
scan the image twice, once with Digital ICE on and once with it off. Then
depending on the image, combine the images on different layers (an image
with a lot of cyan content should go on top, an image with a lot of defects
should go on top). Then erase the top layer reveling the image below.

The Acer 2740 S is a very good, inexpensive scanner that can scan four
slides at once. That may not be much consolation when you have hundreds, but
it is an option.

Good luck.

Jack Phipps
Applied Science Fiction

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Vyhmeister [mailto:vyhmeisr@uapsoft.com.ar]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:46 PM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: filmscanners: Scanning large quantities of slides...


I'm being transferred into the tropics, and I don't really want to carry my
slide collection into that kind of environment...

I'm looking at acquiring a slide scanner to do this job...and I don't have
an unlimited budget...  It's all 35mm, no APS.  It's a mix of Kodachrome,
Ektachrome and Fujichrome...  I don't want to do them one at a time, and yet
I'm not sure I can afford the cost of the bulk loader with the Nikon 4000ED
or some equivalent...  I know I will need some form of help with the
dust/scratches (ICE or FARE, or something else?)... Not on all, but
certainly on the older ones...  However, the older ones are Kodachrome,
which I understand isn't helped much...

Any suggestions are appreciated...

Ron