[filmscanners] RE: Film Choice

["Marc S. Fogel" <msf@pmclaw.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: michael shaffer [mailto:michael@shaffer.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:47 AM
> To: Marc S. Fogel
> Subject: [filmscanners] RE: Film Choice
> 
> 
> Marc writes ...
> 
> > Is there any particlar 35mm film that is really great for 
> scaning. I 
> > just scanned some color negs of fuji reala and the colors weren't 
> > correct (kind of flat). I am using a Nikon LS-4000 and vuescan.
> 
>   Are you choosing the film type to be 'Reala'?  I typically 
> use 'GENERIC' because it "appears" to deliver more accurate 
> color.  This has always been a mystery to me, especially 
> given the quality Ed has put into Vuescan in every other 
> respect ... but, in the context of "practical use", using 
> 'generic' instead comes under the heading "because it works better".

Yes I am choosing Reala.  I will try generic

>   You might want to follow the instructions given you by 
> Robert Logan in another reply, except for to start with 
> 'Reala' in one case ... save the file ... and then start 
> again with 'generic' as the film type, and save the file (You 
> may not need to reset the exposure, but you would need to 
> preview-again for correcting/locking the film base color).  
> Compare both in Photoshop (or any other ICM savvy image editor).
> 

I plan on doing that tonight

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