Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/04

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Subject: [Leica] Kodachrome scanning
From: tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray)
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 14:05:04 -0500
 
I've been having fun scanning my last batch of Kodachrome slides.  Yes, 
actually having fun.  What a difference a good monitor and a profiled 
scanner make.  I'm preparing to start scanning years and years of Kodachrome 
from my childhood, 1980-1995, so getting the process down is important.

For anyone who is still scanning Kodachrome, I highly recommend picking up 
one of the Lasersoft targets and making a profile of your scanner.  I'm 
using a Nikon Coolscan V and Vuescan to make all my scans.  Vuescan's 'Multi 
Exposure' option is a relatively quick and easy way to get much better 
shadows too.  I made the profile with ArgyllCMS.  Final adjustment in 
Photoshop takes about 1 min per slide.

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