Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:41 PM 6/28/2006, you wrote: >LUG: > >I have purchased a Nikon LS5000 and SF-210. If the NJ floods allow, I will >retrieve my deceased father's slides this weekend. I want to scan them and >make the pictures available to my siblings. My father used Kodachrome. Do >you have any suggestions for setting up the scanner? Thank you. > >J. Braun Use the Kodachrome setting in the Nikon Scan software. It works great. Some of the older Kodachrome does not work well with Digital ICE. If you look at the emulsion side of the slide and can see raised portions - like a bas relief - the slide will probably not work with Digital ICE. If it's very dirty, you might try it anyway, but I'd just try to clean those really well and turn off the Digital ICE. I also remount all of the Kodachromes in Gepe slide mounts because they hold the film flatter and they never jam. If the Kodachrome cardboard mounts are bent, they might jam in the slide feeder. The ROC in the Nikon software also works really well for restoring color to old slides, but Kodachromes usually haven't faded as much as the older E-6 films and don't really need it. Have fun! Tina