[filmscanners] Re: white LED vs Cold cathode flourescent

["Berry Ives" <yvesberia@earthlink.net>]

Hi Maurice,

I have compared my 12x18 prints, on Super B size Epson watercolor paper, to
the 4x6 prints I get at a good quality local, fast turnaround type lab (not
a custom/pro lab), and I like what I get on my system in comparison.  I
think the lab oversaturates to make the customers happy.

I am using a G5 with 10.3.9 and the 17" flat panel Apple display.  Guess I
should update to 10.4, but I haven't bothered to check that all my stuff
supports Tiger.

Maybe it's a slide thing.  Also, I am shooting mostly in New Mexico, and we
have a very strong sun and hence warmer color, and I almost always shoot
outdoors in natural light.

I always use ICE; it saves me a lot of grief.  I don't notice any lost
resolution from it.

I print only on the watercolor paper, so that is maybe more forgiving on the
resolution issue.  I've been using mostly Fuji 400 neg film, and it still
holds up well on the 12x18, for my style of work.

Berry




On 4/3/06 5:08 PM, "Maurice Rickard" <mrickarx@labyrinth.net.au> wrote:

> 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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