Hi John,
I had very positive experience with Nikonscan for color transparencies, the
color came out just right and distribution of histogram was also very good
(even Kodachrome), with little clipping on both ends. Just make sure you
have all set to default. If you had good results with color transparenices
and the problem is only on B/W transparencies then you can just scan them as
color and convert them back to B/W in post processing.
For VueScan, if you want good first time on-screen image, you may try the
following.
On the "Input" tab:
Media: Slide film
On the "Color" tab:
Color balance: White balance
Black point %: 0.1
White point %: 0.1
Others use default options.
Make a prescan and then adjust the "Curve low", "Curve high" and Brightness
to suit your need. Keep the setting for the rest of your images.
C.H.Ling
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From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
I have a sizeable number of black and white 35mm slides to scan. They all
date to the 1960s and are either from original Gevaert reversal film or
from negative film converted to reversal film at the time of development.
All of the slides are in focus, are properly exposed and have lost none of
their grey tones.
I have both VueScan and Nikon scan ware but have yet to discover the
settings with either software to produce a satisfactory on-screen image.
The on-screen images to date have both burned out highlights and extra
dark shadows or some combination of more of one and less of the other.
Can anyone please suggest the settings in Vue Scan and Nikon scan ware
which will generate a saveable on-screen image as close as possible to the
image on the slide.
jh
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