[filmscanners] Re: white LED vs Cold cathode flourescent

["Maurice Rickard" <mrickarx@labyrinth.net.au>]

Hi berry,

It is just with slides. I haven't scanned any negs yet (since I
mostly take slides, Provia, and some early kodachrome (without ICE
on.) The saturation and cyan aren't overwhelming, but they are
noticeable, compared to the slide under daylight and scanned with the
Polaroid/Microtek.

I'm not sure what the issue is. My monitor is top of the range (ie.
Sony G520 CRT, and there's no obvious calibration problem between it
and the scanner). I've scanned with Nikon color management system on
and off.

Have you compared the neg scans you do with good quality prints of
the negs you're scanning?

Interested to hear any views. I'm using a Mac G4 under OSX 10.4

cheers

Maurice


On 03/04/2006, at 11:30 PM, Berry Ives wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been using the Nikon Coolscan V ED, but only for negatives.
> I have
> no cyan or saturation problems, nor have I encountered any halo
> problems.
> Is your experience with this scanner just with slides?
>
> Berry
>
>
> On 3/28/06 7:25 PM, "Maurice Rickard" <mrickarx@labyrinth.net.au>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone knew how white LED light sources in film
>> and neg scanners (eg. Minolta Dimage Elite 5400 Mk II) compared with
>> cold cathode flourescent light sources (eg., Elite Mk I, and
>> Sprinstcan/artixscan 4000), when it comes to color fidelity.
>>
>> I've been using a Spintscan 4000 until recently, which I've found to
>> have v good color fidelity (for slides anyway), but I'm thinking of
>> getting a more current alternative (eg. either of the Elites, or the
>> artixscan 4000tf).
>>
>> I've had experience with the Nikon Coolscan V ED, with an RGB LED
>> light source, but this generally gives me raw scan colors that are
>> too saturated and which also err on the side of cyan, with a more
>> noticeable blue halo on image-object edges (more prominent than the
>> sprintscan anyway).
>>
>> Any clues or advice appreciated
>>
>> Maurice
>>
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