Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina and Gilbert, Yes, the instruction to use "Image" is still there, though without any explanation of why this is done. That is the way I used it for slides. The other points made are well taken. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <lists@gilplant.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Vuescan > Tina, > > I haven't used VueScan since I got the Imacon, but IIRC (and I'm not in > front of the computer that has the current VueScan now) one important > thing was to set it to scan "Image," not "Slide." That unintuitive > setting may no longer be in the interface, but it used to be that way. > Also don't leave the ICE-like setting for dust and scratches (infrared > channel) turned on -- Kodachrome is just like silver B&W film and > infrared cleaning/ICE won't work. > > Set your black and white points at the very ends of the preview histogram > to avoid all clipping, not at the ends of the scale, just at the ends of > the image data. > > Hope this helps, I'll review what I've written when I get back into the > studio tomorrow morning. > > > Gilbert > http://www.upstatelight.com > > > > On Nov 16, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> LUG: >> >> For those of you using Vuescan to scan your Leica film ;-) - are there >> any secrets to getting a good scan? I've been experimenting with trying >> to get good scans from Kodachromes and they are turning out very, very >> contrasty - almost impossible to color correct. What settings are you >> using that work? I've downloaded the manual and read it but I'm >> obviously doing something drastically wrong. I would love for this to >> work. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >