Tim Gray
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So I've been playing around with Kodachrome and my Nikon V. I've learned a couple things. First, its a pain in the butt to get details out of the shadows. I'm just not getting out of my scans what I see when I hold the slide up to the light.
I tried Nikon Scan and Vuescan, and they both seem decent. I think I like Vuescan more for Kodachrome and B&W but Nikonscan more for C41. Anyway, I (think) I'm getting better scans by scanning 1-3 times in Vuescan. If its a slide with little in the way of shadows, I can get by with one scan with the analogue gains set just right. If its a tougher slide, I've found that I scan it with the gains set to 1, then 5, and maybe 10. I then open up all these images in Photoshop and merge to and HDR, setting each scan either 1 or 1.5 EV apart. Then I convert to 16 bit, with the exposure set low enough that I don't blow out any highlights and the gamma set high enough so I have a nice low contrast scan. Once in 16 bit, you can set levels/curves to give you the contrast you want and adjust the color. It seems to be working ok. Thought I'd share.
I'll post a pic or two shortly.
I tried Nikon Scan and Vuescan, and they both seem decent. I think I like Vuescan more for Kodachrome and B&W but Nikonscan more for C41. Anyway, I (think) I'm getting better scans by scanning 1-3 times in Vuescan. If its a slide with little in the way of shadows, I can get by with one scan with the analogue gains set just right. If its a tougher slide, I've found that I scan it with the gains set to 1, then 5, and maybe 10. I then open up all these images in Photoshop and merge to and HDR, setting each scan either 1 or 1.5 EV apart. Then I convert to 16 bit, with the exposure set low enough that I don't blow out any highlights and the gamma set high enough so I have a nice low contrast scan. Once in 16 bit, you can set levels/curves to give you the contrast you want and adjust the color. It seems to be working ok. Thought I'd share.
I'll post a pic or two shortly.
