[Leica] Scanning problems ? help needed!

[lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)]

As mentioned elsewhere you can't use ICE with traditional b&w films.

You might want to try Vuescan - www.hamrick.com - that will not only allow
you to use the IR clean with Kodachrome, but it will let you specify the
cropping boundary for each image and so prevent the over-cropping that
you're finding.

Vuescan has a very fussy looking interface, but all the control you want is
there. If you do decide to buy it I'd suggest getting the professional
version as that will give you free updates for life.

Steve


On 14/11/09 20:42, "Howard Ritter" <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> 1. The Digital ICE feature?as I understand it an infrared scan of the 
> surface
> of the slide to detect dust and allow the software to eliminate it from the
> final scan image?on both scanners produces a horrible artifact at the 
> borders
> of contrasty features, especially bright areas. The artifact is so severe 
> that
> it degrades the appearance of susceptible areas of the picture even when 
> the
> whole scan is viewed on screen?it's not necessary to magnify it past this; 
> but
> if I do, the effect is so awful that the image would be unusable. It may
> reduce dust, but so can I in PS, and I just can't believe that scanner
> manufacturers, or the developer of the technology, would regard this as a
> marketable feature, as it intrudes on any image size bigger than (maybe) 8 
> x
> 10. Has anyone else seen this? The same phenomenon occurs with the Nikon, 
> on a
> different computer, but to a lesser degree?probably need twice the image 
> size
> to see it, but again, compared to the Nikon scan without ICE, it's 
> awesomely
> degraded. Is anyone familiar with this phenomenon?
> 
> 2. The second problem is that the Epson Scan software crops the scan
> excessively tight, 1.26 x 0.8 inches according to the display, 
> corresponding
> to about 80% (linearly) of the original slide. I don't see that this is
> user-controllable, unless I've missed something in the user's guide. 
> Compare
> to the output of the Nikon, which gives the full frame and some of the 
> mount.
> Even if I crop to leave out the curved corners of the slide mount, I see
> significantly more of the slide than the Epson software preserves.