Re: filmscanners: Scanning Kodachromes with LS30

["Maris V. Lidaka, Sr." <mlidaka@ameritech.net>]

I would be sure to clean them with PEC-12 or other film cleaner first.

Use of the infrared channel is not out of the question - use it.  The report
from their representative to this list was that they found that *sometimes*
ICE doesn't work on Kodachrome, so rather than field customer complaints
their documentation just says that it doesn't work period.

As to Vuescan v. Nikonscan I couldn't say - I have barely used Nikonscan at
all.

Maris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Roberts" <roberts@bigpond.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 2:10 AM
Subject: filmscanners: Scanning Kodachromes with LS30


| I have never had to scan Kodachrome slides before (and never thought I'
| have to!) but, as luck would have it, I have just been handed a huge
| pile of them to scan.
|
| I am using VueScan 7.1.7 on a PC with an LS30. What is the generally
| accepted best method for scanning these? Is use of the infrared channel
| out? If it is better to use Nikon Scan 3.1 on these I can.
|
| Many of the slides are badly faded, quite dirty (fingerprints, dust) and
| all of them are of an unknown size (to me). They are a square image
| measuring about 22mm on a side. This pretty much buggers me for scanning
| the whole image but the owner of the slides (family!) don't mind if I
| forcibly have to crop due to the scanners limitations.
|
| Any suggestions on the best practice welcomed.
|
| Bruce Roberts.
|
|