----- Original Message ----- From: "Gonz" Subject: Scanner question
>I have alot of Kodachrome slides taken with my trusty ME-Super all the > way up to my PZ-1. I have been attempting to scan these with my Epson > 4990, which is a pretty decent scanner from what I've read. But the > slides always seem to scan very dark, even though I can put them on a > light table and see them just fine, and they project beautifully. Do > any of these scanners have provisions for upping the brightness of the > lamp, or changing the ISO (sensitivity) of the scanner sensor? It > seems > that doing this during scanning would be more effective than me trying > to stretch out the underexposed scan afterwards with levels. > > The other problem I have is that apparently because of the mount, the > slides seem slightly out of focus. I suppose to get them to scan > perfectly in focus I would have to take them off the mount so they can > lay flat on the scanner bed. That just seems drastic however. Kodachrome has an incredibly high D-Max, quite a bit higher than Fuji Velvia in fact. It is a very difficult film to scan with a consumer scanner, as they tend to not have the dynamic range required. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
