![]() ![]() I've found that many of the Kodachrome slides I've scanned so far have a histogram with a big peak towards the bottom (shadow) end. "DEE seems undesirable for normal transparencies." Under magnification the original slides are razor sharp with not the slightest sign of any flare. "That last "severe flare" example especially looks like a camera issue (eg hazy lens: fungus, condensation, oil mist or zoom). I'd welcome the opportunity to try some of my more troublesome slides on another 5000ED if there's another user nearby. "Be happy to try it out but I can't tell your whereabouts from your lack of profile?" Thanks everyone for all the helpful suggestions. I treat chrome strips like any other film.the Nikon transport is superb for that purpose. Kodak's out of the slide projector biz, an additional reason (in addition to scratch risk) to avoid mounting. Mounted slides will always have focus issues unless you use glass mounts. With the V and STRIP FILM I experience extreme sharpness, corner to corner, starting with typical curved film. I switched B&W to Vuescan, which solves that problem and doesn't increase grain. I've found Nikonscan wonderful for all sorts of color films: C22, KII, E4, various E6, C41. a V) that Vuescan (or perhaps Silverfast) is crucial for some (not all) B&W films. There's some concensus among HAPPY Nikon users (c'est moi. DEE seems undesirable for normal transparencies. That last "severe flare" example especially looks like a camera issue (eg hazy lens: fungus, condensation, oil mist or zoom).īasic Ice seems not to affect fine detail at all, though Nikon says in documentation that the most picky level of Ice (not available in KM) may. I've also tried Vuescan and the results are the same as with Nikon Scan. I do use some DEE (carefully) which does of course make the flare seem worse in the shadow areas. I discovered early on that these just seem to degrade the image and it's better to make repairs/adjustments in PS. I've noticed that histograms of the affected areas generally show the red and green channels (especially red) most affected. I agree that the severity seems to depend on contrast and the kinds of colours between shadow and highlight. This image has shadow DEE up at around 70 to really show the effect. This shows up very clearly when there is a small bright point of light in a dark area as in the following picture (patches of sunlight coming through a dark forest background). Also, although it does radiate in all directions from a highlight in extreme cases, it seems to be most prominent in certain directions only, typically strongest around 1 o'clock from a highlight area in my scans. I noticed the flare with the very first slide scan on the day I unpacked it from new. There is a lot of discussion about dust being the cause but I don't think that's the case here. Robert, I had a look at the previous posts and see I am not alone with this problem. ![]()
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