Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, The product sounds pretty good, but is a pretty expensive solution to solve problems with one or two rolls of film. Thanks for the information. I have not invested in a modern Nikon scanner, just using an ancient Dimage Scan Dual II. If I hit a jackpot, the slides will still be here for another try with modern equipment. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@comporium.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Archival Qualities of Slide Films > At 03:12 PM 6/21/2007, you wrote: >>Bad Choice: When our first son was born, in 1955, I shot pictures with >>Ektachrome because I thought it was a better film than >>Kodachrome. I am struggling to get any kind of acceptable results from >>scans of these slides. >> >> >>Jim Nichols > > Jim - A Nikon LS5000 scanner with Digital ICE3 has a feature called ROC or > Restoration of Color. It does an unbelievably good job of restoring color > to faded slides. Here is the description: > > Digital ROC > Digital ROC (Reconstruction of Color) reads the dye signature in the base > layer of faded slides and negatives and rebuilds the original color values > based on data that it gathers during scanning. The resulting image is true > to the original. This process is far more accurate than post-scan software > solutions that attempt to guess at the original colors and tones. > > This software is also available separately from Kodak: > http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/software/imgEnhancePlugIns/roc.jhtml?id=0.2.22.24.3.16.3&lc=en > > Hope this helps! > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/portfolio > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >