[filmscanners] RE: white LED vs Cold cathode flourescent

["Jamie" <jamie@buckley2.plus.com>]

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From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of Berry Ives
Sent: 03 April 2006 14:31
To: jamie@buckley2.plus.com
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: white LED vs Cold cathode flourescent


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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