[filmscanners] RE: Scanning Kodachrome with VueScan

["" <Jawed@cupidity.force9.co.uk>]

Use Nikon Scan.  Experiment with Auto Exposure off versus on.  On will
probably make the scan slightly brighter.

Kodachrome is hard stuff to scan because it is very "thick" and the LS40
isn't able to see through Kodachrome very well, much the same as Velvia.  If
you have a lot of Kodachrome to scan the LS40 is the wrong scanner, I'm
afraid.

I know it sounds glib, but for slides forget Vuescan.  Multi-scanning and
long-exposure are not going to provide beneficial results, EVER, in
comparison with Nikon Scan.

The bleeding effect is flare in the LS40's optics.  Unfortunately this is a
little-reported problem with the LS40/4000.

Jawed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Trevor Staats
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 22:23
> To: Jawed@cupidity.force9.co.uk
> Subject: [filmscanners] Scanning Kodachrome with VueScan
>
>
> Hi all,
> Just wondering if anyone can offer advice on scanning Kodachrome
> slides with
> VueScan using a Nikon LS-40.  I am using the Kodachrome film type in
> VueScan, but the results are usually quite dark and the
> saturation is poor.
>
> The scans need a fair bit of work to adjust brightness, contrast, colour
> balance and saturation after scanning.  There also seems to be a bleeding
> effect where white/black areas adjoin each other on the picture.
>
> I've tried multi-pass and long exposure pas but the differences are minor.
> Are there any other settings I could try to try and improve the scan
> quality?
>
> Thanks,
> Trevor Staats
>
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