Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I'm so glad you posted your Kodachrome slides. I have been furiously scanning my old slides, especially after I found some of the color problems you're showing in your posts. I had thought Kodachrome would live forever. Them I used a slide from Beijing that had some of the same characteristics that you're experiencing. I was devastated thinking that I had lost a large number of the Beijing show slides to this color problem. I haven't been able to figure out whether the dyes shifted, or whether we stored/shipped them improperly and the heat/humidity took their toll. And then I tried to put together a show using Kodachromes from 1992 when I did a WWII 50-year retrospective in Europe. My slides of the Brandenburg gate had the same gun-metal look to them as the one you posted recently. I spent forever trying to add/subtract color or effects, with minimal satisfaction. And then you popped up with the same experience. I'm using a Nikon LS-4000 CoolScan with Vuescan. I've tried all sorts of settings in Vuescan including ones you've mentioned (infrared/cleaning/etc.), all to limited satisfaction. On the other hand, I'm in the midst of scanning some truly old Kodachromes from my wife's grandparents, taken in the early '50's. The colors are virtually unchanged, although the slide material itself frequently shows some warping. I'm left with the theory that perhaps Kodak changed some of its processing chemistry or procedures during the 1980's-1990's era, as my Greece slides from 1982 are also virtually worthless, from a color perspective. I'm all ears to hear what you and others might think about any of this. Jim James R. Nelon Partner WNDA Studios O: +1.207.389.4676 C: +1.508.308.6525 Email: JNelon at WNDAStudios.com Website: https://WNDAStudios.com LinkedIn: https://LinkedIn.com/in/JamesNelon Highlight Reel: https://Vimeo.com/252904552 -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=nelonassociates.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley via LUG Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 5:37 PM To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com; lug; paw; seephoto; Olympus Camera Discussion Cc: Tina Manley Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Color Balancing (Blue Trees) PESO: I'm scanning 7000 slides from Switzerland, most of them Kodachromes, most from 1989. One category is 56773 - Switzerland Countryside. If you have been to Switzerland, you know that the Swiss countryside is beautiful. I want to get it right. Here is the original scan, scanned on the Nikon LS5000 with Vuescan set for Kodachrome: https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170112330 It's too dark and the trees are blue. I lightened it and balanced the color based on the white house in the foreground: https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170112332 Everything looks fine except the trees in the distance are blue. I remember them being blue but maybe I'm wrong. I subtracted the blue. https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170112333 Now everything looks too green. I have many, many of these slides to adjust and want to get it right but believable. What do you think? C&C greatly appreciated. Tina -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91 /Tina+Manley.html> *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>* _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information