RE: filmscanners: Sprintscan 120 and new negative proile scheme

[Austin Franklin]

> >Interesting that NikonScan
> >(3.1, at least) doesn't have them at all, yet
> >does a pretty good job at inverting negatives
> >and coming up with useful, believable images
> >with different types of negative film.
>
> I find that somewhat more than interesting. If Nikonscan has no
> profiles, how does it know where the startpoint is? This isn't
> meant to be disrespectful--I'm truly curious. It might answer
> some perplexing questions I've had for some time, now.

The Leafscan never had any film profiles, and it's been the staple of high
end scanners for over 10 years.

What questions did you have?