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Subject: [Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 13:57:24 -0400
References: <22D1C297-63F7-4D31-894B-B088171F26A6@gmail.com> <20100510140038.GF58063@selenium.125px.com> <AANLkTin7CZZp85N1Wfx5A76k0i-6gbEWzazJgfewIxK7@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTilXIYzzTmcCnEP1cZur5odyHw54n8BWZhq5VQr3@mail.gmail.com> <49913712-07DE-49C2-A4AE-A1A229011A1C@aotera.org>

Lasersoft has some Kodachrome calibrations slides that are very accurate
used with their HDR scanning software.

Tina

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Spencer Cheng <spencer at aotera.org> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I have not had time to do scanning recently but my Epson scanner scans
> Kodachrome tends to blue. Using a calibration slide helps a lot though the
> result is still not quite true to the original without some more post-scan
> colour adjustment. I am still not satisfied with my scanned result. When I
> have time, I will get back to it.
>
> Regards,
> Spencer
>
> On May 10, 2010, at 11:41, James Laird wrote:
>
> > I agree. I think I did solve the Vuescan problem by reinstalling it
> > with the LS-4000 installed and initialized. I also discovered that if
> > you let Vuescan use it's 'Generic' setting for scanning slides it's
> > works much better (for me). I had it set for 'Kodachrome' initially
> > and the blue cast was overwhelming, probably because many of my slides
> > are 20+ years old. Funny though Nikon Scan had not problem with that,
> > but it doesn't have the dust/scratch removal feature that Vuescan has
> > which can be a lifesaver with old slides.
> >
> > I'm slowly climbing the learning curve but getting there.
> >
> > Jim Laird
>
>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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In reply to: Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)
Message from tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)
Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)
Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)
Message from spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)