Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:31 AM 5/28/2006, you wrote: >Anyway I was surprised to see that the ICE3 Nikon Scan software would work >at all on Kodachrome. > >Perhaps only the dust reduction doesn't work on K & B&W emulsions. > >If anyone else has experience in using this scanner, especially with other >software, I'd love to hear from you. I have the supplied Nikon Scan 4.02 and >VueScan Pro.8.3.4.2 > >Specifically your workflow, especially from those folks who shoot a hundred >times more film than this amateur every year. > >Hoppy, Hoppy - I'm using the Nikon LS5000 to scan Kodachromes, some very old and some not so old. The ICE will work with some Kodachromes but not with others. If you look at the emulsion side of the slide and can see raised areas, like bas-relief, ICE will probably not work. It sees the silver content of the Kodachrome as dirt and tries to remove it. The same with B&W negatives. I usually do not use ICE for Kodachromes and B&W negatives because I'm usually batch scanning and don't want to find out later that it didn't work. For those slides and negatives, I use Polaroid's Dust and Scratch Remover which works as a Filter under PSCS2. It does a remarkably good job and you can fade it if it gets too aggressive. Hope this helps, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/dimes_for_hunger