On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 KB8CD@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks to all who contributed. I have done a bit of reading and looking at
> scans. The problem in comparison of scans is that they are not only done with
> different scanners, they are done by different people. I had thought that ICE
> is nice, but you guys have about convinced me it a requirement. Some of my
> slides are older than my Olympus. My research was leading me toward the
> Coolscan. Seems most of you agree.
If you plan on scanning Kodachromes, you should run a test of the scanner
using a high contrast slide to see how it behaves. I find the Coolscan IV
is very bad, it produces very blochy shadows and is extremely flare prone.
It doesn't matter whether ICE is on or off, and the same results appear with
both Nikonscan and Vuescan. I've tried the same test on several Coolscan IV's
and they all show the same problem. I'm going to be sending my scanner back
to Nikon to see what they can do about it. If Kodachrome is important to
you, I wouldn't recommend buying the Coolscan IV.
-mark
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