Re: [Leica] Kodachrome & Vuescan

["Gerry Walden" <gerrywalden@cwcom.net>]

John

Thanks for the tip.   I have tried it and I like it so much that I have
purchased it.  It is a great improvement for Kodachrome (I can go back to
using it!) and for b&w.    Many thanks for the tip.   Do you know of any way
to use it straight from Photoshop as an option?

Gerry


- ----- Original Message -----
From: John Bean <john@jbean.co.uk>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: 16 April 2000 13:00
Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodachrome


> Gerry,
>
> Tina is absolutely correct in telling you that it is Nikon's "Digital ICE"
> that effects the Kodachrome scans, in much the same way it effects scans
of
> silver-based negatives. Nikon are staying quiet about it, but it only
works
> acceptably on dye-based images.
>
> It isn't the scanner that has a problem, it's Nikon's software.
Alternative
> software such as Ed Hamrick's Vuescan (http://www.hamrick.com) may not
look
> as pretty in the user interface department, but is way ahead of Nikon in
> many other respects. It scans Kodachromes and silver-based negatives fine,
> with "cleaning" turned on.
>
> I use both programs, as appropriate to the image source.
>
> At Sunday 16/04/2000 08:31, Gerry Walden wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >go back.   Sadly, that is the current situation for me but I am told by
Tina
> >Manly it is OK as long as you keep the 'Clean Image' software turned off.
> <snip>
>
>
> Regards
>
> John Bean
>