Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 12, 2010, at 7:18 AM, Spencer Cheng wrote: > Gents, > > I was hoping for a few tips on how to scan difficult Kodachrome, not for > so many of you to spend so much of your time tinkering with the image. > > I will have to learn PS one of these days. I like to do a little as > possible to my images out of laziness. those are two statements that seem at first glance, at odds... unless what you are going to learn, is what not to do... :-) Steve > Geoff, both Vuescan and Silverfast scan this slide in similar fashion. I > will try to twiddle some more setting. > > Mark, the snow is not the only problem. The rock wall in the background > should be brown/black. A lot of the subtle gradation in the snow and the > rocks got lost. > > Pasvorn, the contrast seems to be really cranked up in your version. Is > that because of the layering? > > Alastair, the Kodachrome is only about 8 years old and kept in a dark > closet so it shouldn't have shifted. > > Phillip's version comes closest. I went back to the original and rescanned > using Silverfast with magenta tuned down a lot. > > [I am somewhat surprised at the mess an (IT8) calibrated scanner made of > this Kodachrome slide which should not be that difficult to scan. The > dynamic range is not incredible unlike some of the other slides I have > (again in the Rockies, cloudless day at 2000+M, deep, deep blue sky, > bright sun) that I am having problems with.] > > This scan is much closer to the original. The rock wall is still a bit off > but at least the snow and water is about right. Thanks for all your help. > > <http://www.aotera.org/tmp/ice2.jpg> > > [Now I just to get rid of some of that dust.. :( Digital definitely has > some advantages.] > > Regards, > Spencer > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information