Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] slight M scratches thread
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 09:38:21 -0400

At 12:47 AM 4/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>At work we just got a coolscan III with the digital ice feature.  That is
>really nice.  I had an editor hand me a negative that he really "meathooked"
>up something fierce.  The digital ice took care of it (scratches and big
>thumbprint) and the image really didn't suffer at all in the sharpness
>department.  The feature is remarkable.  However, it does take longer for
>the final scan.
>
>gck


Digital Ice is great, but you can't use it with black and white negatives
or Kodachrome.  The silver in both of the them confuses the scanner which
tries to remove the silver as dust and scratches.  Doesn't work.

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP
http://www.tinamanley.com/