Color question

[koniczech]

Hi everyone,

I have scanned a few rolls so far, and have thus far noticed that color representation needs some work. The scanner I am using has an option that automatically 'readjusts' the curves, which is based on the portion of the film you are scanning (i.e. one frame.)

My main question with the scanner is that when I scan a b&w photo, it comes out super blue; see below. I can usually just desat the photo in photoshop, but this also makes me question what I am missing out on with contrast that the scanner is changing. I don't think my negatives are blue, but I might be wrong...

Also, when scanning color photos, I always need to photoshop it because they are super unsaturated. And since this takes so much time with 36 photos, i usually end up letting the scanner software alter it.

So is this an issue with the optics of the scanner, or are negatives typically blue/unsaturated?

Thanks,
koniczech

 

[Ezzie]

First things first, make sure you crop out the borders before you let any auto adjustments do their stuff, or they get included in the mix.

 

[Tim Gray]

Looks like the scanner is doing something funky while compensating (or not) for the orange mask. Are you scanning B&W film as a color negative?

 

[koniczech]

Another thing to note, I set it on B&W print negative, so I still don't understand why they would throw in all that blue...

koniczech