Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerry, Nathan, I also use Vuescan to scan K25 and K64. I have used it now with the HP PhotoSmart, LS-2000, and LS-4000. I find it very difficult to obtain good scans when using the Kodachrome/K14 setting (using all three scanners). The main problem is that the highlights very easily gets blown out using the K14 setting. Therefore, I set Device/Media type to Image instead of Slide and experiment with the other controls under the Color tab. Another related problem is that it with Vuescan takes twice as long to (infrared) clean Kodachromes than other slide films. I have discussed these problems with Ed Hamrick and tested several trial versions of the program for him. I believe Vuescan now is capable of scanning Kodachromes very well, but you do have to experiment with the Color controls! - -- Arne In message <3C25ED66.F1103516@webshuttle.ch>, Nathan Wajsman writes: >Hi Gerry, > >I switched to Vuescan mainly because of its better performance with Kodachrome >(I have a Nikon LS-2000 and used Nikon Scan before). However, I have the >impression that the newest versions of Vuescan (since 7.2.whatever) have more >difficulty coping with dense (i.e. slightly underexposed) Kodachrome slides th >an >was the case with earlier versions of Vuescan. If you have any tips for me, I >would greatly appreciate them. > >Nathan > >Gerry Walden wrote: > >> Peter >> >> I use a lot of Kodachrome (mainly 64) and the only program that I have ever >> found that scans it successfully is Ed Hamricks Vuescan software. Once you >> find your way around the software you will find that it has a special >> Kodachrome setting which seems to do the job just fine. It also has the >> advantage that you can scan Kodachrome with dust filters if your scanner has >> them. You can download a trial copy and order through www.hamrick.com. >> >> Gerry >> www.gwpics.com > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > >Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm >General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html