Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/10

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 13:56:29 -0400
References: <22D1C297-63F7-4D31-894B-B088171F26A6@gmail.com> <20100510140038.GF58063@selenium.125px.com> <AANLkTin7CZZp85N1Wfx5A76k0i-6gbEWzazJgfewIxK7@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTilXIYzzTmcCnEP1cZur5odyHw54n8BWZhq5VQr3@mail.gmail.com> <20100510172707.GG58063@selenium.125px.com>

You can't use Digital ICE with Kodachrome or B&W film.  It reads the silver
content as dirt and tries to remove it.  Just clean them the best you can
before scanning and spot after scanning.

Tina

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com> wrote:

> On May 10, 2010 at 10:41 AM -0500, James Laird wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> This is the second time I've seen this mentioned.  Nikonscan should have a
> Digital ICE option.  It's a hardware and software feature - I've found
> Vuescan's implementation of the software side is lacking compared to
> Nikonscan.
>
> It doesn't always work correctly on Kodachrome though.  I sometimes get
> funny artifacts in areas where there are strong edge-relief features (when
> you look at the backs side of the slide in grazing light).
>
>
>
>


-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


Replies: Reply from tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)
In reply to: Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)
Message from tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)
Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)
Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)
Message from tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray) ([Leica] OT: Vuescan help with Kodachrome)