Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a Nikon Cooscan III, and find that slides tend to get a "foggy" look to them. Negatives with dark objects against a bright sky seem to get a halo around the dark objects. Nikon really sent no decent documentation with it, so I've just gutted it out. Mine does allow previews but they degenerate so much on enlarging them on the screen, they haven't been useful. On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:09:08 +1100, firkin <firkin@balhpl01.ncable.net.au> wrote: > Would someone who uses a Nikon Scanner be kind enough to go through their > set up and work flow with differing slides/negs etc. I am trying to search > the archive with limited success. > > I have bought a Nikon 5000ED scanner, with roll film and slide loaders. So > far, I've played with slide scanning, using the SF 210. Apart from > occasional jams etc the results are very good, but scan times seem very > high. Should I scan at maximal resolution and play with 130meg images later > or is there a way to scan smaller previews quickly and then only hi-res the > scans you want? > Scanning time seems more of a problem wiht the digital ICE etc, which takes > a long time. At the moment, I'm using ICE for non Kodachrome slides (but it > seems to work with most anyway) and finding a little shadow penetration and > colour correction is very useful: I set ROC to one and DEE to 5. > > DEE seems to cause "flareing" on the resultant scans from areas of high > brightness -- do others find this? > > Tips please. > > Cheers > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >