Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's true. We can convert them all to B&W!! Tina On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 9:48 AM jnelon <jnelon at nelonassociates.com> wrote: > Tina, > The unintended consequence of switching to E-6, as I did also, is that the > dyes have started to shift/disappear, mostly tending toward blue. I've > pretty much scanned all of my E-6 stuff before this dye-shift can claim > whatever's left on the slide. I scan everything in raw with Vuescan and > hope > I've got all that's possible off the film before there's nothing left. It's > a scary world of scanning/preserving. What I'd like to know is if there's > really something left in the raw scan that I can recover/enhance to restore > the image to its original glory. I haven't found that magic yet. > 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: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 9:13 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Cc: Tina Manley > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: Color Balancing (Blue Trees) > > Jim, I think you are right. That's about the time that I gave up on > Kodachrome completely because they turned all of the processing over to > Qualex who ruined about half of the film I sent them. Slides would come > back with horrible stains or cut right through the middle of the frame for > a whole roll. I started using E-6 and developing it myself. > > Thanks, > > Tina > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 10:02 PM jnelon <jnelon at nelonassociates.com> > wrote: > > > 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 > > > < > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91 > /Tina+Manley.html > <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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > < > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91 > /Tina+Manley.html > <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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- 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>*