Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/13

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Subject: [Leica] Kodachrome Scans
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard L Ritter Jr)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 09:47:53 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1A=nKW0KEaraXVvzD1=Qx+J0mNpshQSW5_cDnamotjqWA@mail.gmail.com>

Tina?

I much prefer the processed version with its grain. With all due respect to 
whomever, I can?t imagine preferring the garishly blue raw image.

OTOH, I think the color correction overshot a bit. On my screen, the castle 
walls have a slightly lavender tinge, and the overcast, which should be 
virtually greyscale at midday, has the color of applesauce.

As an aside, I?m glad to know you scan with the LS-5000 and Vuescan. That?s 
the setup I used to scan my 6000+ KCs and ECs. And learned the true digital 
magic of Photoshop in the process.

?howard

> On Nov 13, 2019, at 8:44 AM, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Here is a straight scan of Kodachrome using the Nikon LS5000.  This is
> using Vuescan's profile for Kodachrome with Light cleaning applied on
> import:
> 
> https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170045859
> 
> Here is the same scan after I have color corrected (based on the castle
> wall) and applied a little Dehaze which I like because of the details it
> brings out in the background.  It does also bring out the grain but, as I
> said, I like grain in film photos.
> 
> https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170024636
> 
> This is Kodachrome from 1976 in a cardboard mount with square corners
> instead of the rounded corners they used later.
> 
> I can understand how some would prefer the original scan with less grain
> but I don't.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Tina
> 
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