Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My copy of Nikon Scan 4 (Vista) let's me use Digital ICE on Kodachrome in the 'Fine' mode. Works pretty well but does produce some moire artifacts. When I use Vuescan I don't see the artifacts in the scans, at least they're not as apparent to my eye. I'm using the Vuescan filter in 'Light' mode. Jim Laird On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at gmail.com> wrote: > Jim, Also this quote from Wikipedia Nikon entry: > > With the launch of the Coolscan 9000 ED Nikon introduced its most > up-to-date > film scanner, which offers a special feature. It is still the only film > scanner on the market that due to a special version of Digital > ICE<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ICE>is able to scan > Kodachrome <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome> film reliably dust and > scratch free. LaserSoft > Imaging<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserSoft_Imaging>'s > scan software SilverFast <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilverFast> features > a similar technique (iSRD) since end of 2008, that allows every Nikon film > scanner to remove dust and scratches from Kodachrome scans. > > V > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:23 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Tim, >> >> Phil sent me this. May be germaine: >> >> FWIW: >> >> <http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/nikon_coolscan_4000_ed_ls_4000.html> >> >> Jim >> >> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> wrote: >> > On May 10, 2010 at 04:42 PM -0500, James Laird wrote: >> >> >> >> Tim, >> >> >> >> I thought Digital ICE didn't work with B+W (non-chromogenic) or >> >> Kodachrome. Am I wrong? >> > >> > It half works on Kodachrome. ?Doesn't work on B+W. ?Can't imagine >> Vuescan's >> > cleaner works any better on those either since it uses the same hardware >> in >> > the scanner. ?The scanner has an extra infrared channel that sees dust >> and >> > scratches as a different density as the base negative (or something >> > along >> > these lines). ?Silver screws this up. ?Of course, I haven't really tried >> it >> > in a long time, so maybe Hamrick is doing something else now. ?I'll try >> it >> > tonight. >> > >> > I have a sample of Kodachrome that I just scanned last night that most >> > definitely shows ICE cleans most of the dust, at the expense of a couple >> of >> > small artifacts. ?I did not scan in Vuescan - again, I'll try it tonight >> and >> > report back. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >