[filmscanners] RE: Minolta Scan Dual II scanning problem

["Jack Phipps" <JPhipps@asf.com>]

Most unusual Berry--
I don't understand why 1 out of 4 gives such unusual results. I would try
scanning in 8 bit mode just as an experiment and turning ColorSync off.
Something strange is happening to the way the color is balanced. Could you
email me another jpeg? One of the 3 that is working right? My email address
is jphipps@asf.com.

I can't see any reason why you would get different results. BTW, you can try
Digital ROC for free just to see what it does to the image. I'll email my
result to you.

Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: Berry Ives [mailto:yvesberia@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 8:09 PM
To: Jack Phipps
Subject: Re: [filmscanners] RE: Minolta Scan Dual II scanning problem


on 4/9/02 9:28 AM, Jack Phipps at JPhipps@asf.com wrote:

> Very interesting shot Berry! When I ran Digital ROC on it, the seedhead
went
> way orange/red but the background remained blue/green! Looking at the
> histogram, the colors look out of balance. The image definitely needs
color
> correction. I'm not sure what happened. Did you originally scan in 16
bits?
>
> Have you repeated the scan? Does the negative always turn out this color?
>
> Is there any color management you can turn off?
>
> I don't have any specific suggestions for you, I can only confirm that
there
> is something wrong with the scan (but you knew that didn't you!). I regret
I
> can't give you any more helpful suggestions. If you don't solve the
problem,
> or others on the list don't have any specific suggestions, I'll check with
> some other engineers.
>
> Jack Phipps
> Applied
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Berry Ives [mailto:yvesberia@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 8:21 PM
> To: Jack Phipps
> Subject: Re: [filmscanners] RE: Minolta Scan Dual II scanning problem
>
>
> on 4/8/02 3:57 PM, Jack Phipps at JPhipps@asf.com wrote:
>
>> Berry--
>> Have you tried Digital ROC? You may want to download a copy and try it.
If
>> you would like to send me a jpeg, I'll take a look at it.
>>
>> Jack Phipps
>> Applied Science Fiction
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Berry Ives [mailto:yvesberia@earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 5:16 PM
>> To: Jack Phipps
>> Subject: [filmscanners] Minolta Scan Dual II scanning problem
>>
>>
>> This is a very weird problem:  I have a strip of 4 negs, 3 of which scan
> to
>> produce a normal color balance.  The fourth, which is of course the best
>> shot, is skewed dramatically towards blue-green.
>>
>> The image, as printed at the photo lab, is fine; it is almost entirely
>> rust/orange (seedheads) and has a cream/light brown/tan out of focus
>> background.  I'd say the photo lab print is almost monochromatic in the
>> orange/brown spectrum.  Yet, as scanned, it is all blue-green hues and
not
> a
>> trace of the original color.
>>
>> The weird thing is that the negative looks similar to the others on the
>> strip, with the normal orange base of negative film.  I can't see
anything
>> odd about the appearance of the negative.  I have repeated the scan
> several
>> times, reversing the direction of the film strip, flipping it wrong side
> up,
>> manually focusing the scan.  Always the same result.
>>
>> Has anyone experienced anything like this?  Any ideas?
>>
>> I could send a jpeg to anyone who might care to look at the scan result,
>> although I can't send a scan of the lab print since I haven't a flatbed
>> scanner.  I don't know what the policy of the listserve is regarding
>> attachments, but I can send it off list.
>>
>> Berry
>
> Hi Jack,
>
> My scanner did not have any of your company's products included with it.
Of
> course, you must already know that.  So buying your ROC product would be
> something to consider in the future, but why would one single, brand new
> negative, be any different from the others in the same role?  BTW, the
film
> was Fuji 200.  I usually use Fuji 100, and I have been happy with it.
>
> Anyway, here is the jpeg.
>
> Thanks very much for offerring to look at it.
>
> Berry
>
Jack,

As I said before, I have scanned the negative repeatedly, and always the
same result.  I scanned it at 16 bits.  I have ColorSync color management.
I guess I could scan it with ColorSync turned off.  Have you ever heard of
it adjusting the color in an inappropriate way like this?  That would be a
serious software defect.

Thanks for looking at it,

Berry

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