Digital BW, The Print

Sunday, April 11, 2004, 12:20:05 PM, you wrote:

RWS> The marketing that I have seen is claiming that ICE4 will
RWS> work on Kodachrome slides. That is the real reason I have been
RWS> taking a look at that software. Is there anything out there that
RWS> works in the same manner as Ice 
RWS> on Kodachrome?
RWS> The CoolScan V is mentioned. What of the 9000? What is
RWS> gained for all that extra money with the exception of ability to
RWS> scan medium format. It would appear that the ICE software would
RWS> make for a nice workflow. I agree, film cameras seem to really
RWS> jump ahead on medium format. Of course, money (or lack thereof is
RWS> always part of the equation.)
RWS> Bob

Contrary to what is said about this I have had no problem scanning
Kodachrome slides from the 50's, early 60's and early 80's on my
LS-4000 using both ICE 3 and Vuescan with it's dust removal
capabilities.  I hear that some Kodachrome emulsions can have problems
with infra-red dust-cleaning utilities, and theory as to why makes
sense to me, but apparently not all Kodachrome emulsions are effected
by it the same way.

BTW, I find that NikonScan is awful for color management and for it's
clipping of highlights. And that's why I use Vuescan as I get *much*
better results with everything (slides, color negs, B&W negs) than I
do with NikonScan. To use ICE, be it version 3 or 4, you must use
NikonScan.  ICE4 may be better somehow but I downloaded and used it
with my LS-4000 and the color management is no better.  Maybe it's
better with the LS-V or 5000....

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Best regards,
 Richard                            mailto:richard@...