[Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome

[digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)]

Tim,

Phil sent me this. May be germaine:

FWIW:

<http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/nikon_coolscan_4000_ed_ls_4000.html>

Jim

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> wrote:
> On May 10, 2010 at 04:42 PM -0500, James Laird wrote:
>>
>> Tim,
>>
>> I thought Digital ICE didn't work with B+W (non-chromogenic) or
>> Kodachrome. Am I wrong?
>
> It half works on Kodachrome. ?Doesn't work on B+W. ?Can't imagine Vuescan's
> cleaner works any better on those either since it uses the same hardware in
> the scanner. ?The scanner has an extra infrared channel that sees dust and
> scratches as a different density as the base negative (or something along
> these lines). ?Silver screws this up. ?Of course, I haven't really tried it
> in a long time, so maybe Hamrick is doing something else now. ?I'll try it
> tonight.
>
> I have a sample of Kodachrome that I just scanned last night that most
> definitely shows ICE cleans most of the dust, at the expense of a couple of
> small artifacts. ?I did not scan in Vuescan - again, I'll try it tonight 
> and
> report back.
>
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