[filmscanners] Characterizing a scanner

["Joe Tait" <jtait@texas.net>]

I have MonacoPROOF and am trying to characterize a minolta dimage scan multi pro
under OSX with both Vuescan and the minolta software. I currently only have a
35mm Kodachrome IT8.7 slide to do this (despite the fact that we will be
scanning more Fuji Velvia/Provia than anything else).

Monaco rejects the scans I have made so far, and those are RAW 16bit scans,
converted to 8bit and not color corrected. Monaco says there is a problem with
the shadow detail, obviously the raw scans are dark and I guess that is part of
the problem.

I have always read that you want to characterize with as little settings as
possible, hence a RAW scan. Is this incorrect? What is the correct procedure?

BTW, I would like to do just RAW 16bit, native res scans and edit in PS as my
workflow.

Thanks.

-Joe

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