Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vince, And actually I like the fact that the reds fade. Kodachrome 'reds' can be a little over the top;-) Jim On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:41 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > I agree. I think I did solve the Vuescan problem by reinstalling it > with the LS-4000 installed and initialized. I also discovered that if > you let Vuescan use it's 'Generic' setting for scanning slides it's > works much better (for me). I had it set for 'Kodachrome' initially > and the blue cast was overwhelming, probably because many of my slides > are 20+ years old. Funny though Nikon Scan had not problem with that, > but it doesn't have the dust/scratch removal feature that Vuescan has > which can be a lifesaver with old slides. > > I'm slowly climbing the learning curve but getting there. > > Jim Laird > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at > gmail.com> wrote: >> Jim, >> I was shocked at the rich colors of your first scan with the quarter-horse >> foal and yr wife. My sense of Kodachrome that age not archivally treated >> for >> two decades (refrigerated etc) is that the reds fade out and the image >> tends >> toward to blue. >> >> V >> >> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> wrote: >> >>> On May 09, 2010 at 02:51 PM -0500, James Laird wrote: >>> >>>> I've just started using Nikon Scan and Vuescan and I'm having trouble >>>> getting ?good scans of Kodachrome with Vuescan. All the scans have a >>>> blue >>>> overcast like they need a skylight filter. >>>> >>> >>> I was just scanning some old Kodachrome in Nikonscan last night. ?My >>> scans >>> tended a bit towards blue, especially if they had bad exposure. ?I know >>> that >>> doesn't really help, but you are not alone. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >