[filmscanners] Re: Minolta vs Nikon MF Question

[Bill Fernandez]

Tom--

I have a Nikon LS4000ED which I believe has technology equivalent to
the 8000.  I've been scanning Kodachromes almost exclusively.  I get
good color by scanning with Nikon color management off, then applying
a custom ICC profile to the scan.  I often find myself using the
individual analog gain controls to adjust the gain on the separate R,
G and B channels to capture the maximum amount of data in each
channel.  These strategies are (hopefully) giving me the best
possible tonal gradation and color rendition.  It's not clear yet how
to maximize shadow detail.  In some experiments multiscanning has
made a noticeable improvement, and in other cases bumping up the
analog gain at the expense of blowing out the highlights seems to
make a difference, but it's not clear yet whether I'm getting more
usable detail or only more shadow noise. I have no experience with
the Minolta for comparison.

--Bill


1.  Does the Nikon 8000 still have the blue cast of the 2000 or have they
licked this problem? How do old Kodachromes work out?

2.  Without the analog gain control on the Minolta, I can't fiddle with the
exposure. With it's greater dynamic range, do users find that they can
extract all the useable shadow detail, and not blow out any highlight detail
in a single scan with a transparency?


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[filmscanners] Re: Minolta vs Nikon MF Question

[David Harris]

I too am used to older Nikon scanners and combining
multiple scans at different exposures. I have been
using the Minolta for about a month, and have not as
yet found an image which is beyond the usable dynamic
range of the scanner in a single scan. My images are
mostly Velvia, Astia and Pan-F so should be a decent
test, but no Kodachrome (which is known to cause
problems on just about all scanners).

---  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  I'm about to buy a new
MF scanner.  The choices are
 the Minolta Multi Pro and
 the Nikon 8000.  I have been using an LS 2000 and
 like several features that
 the Minolta doesn't have, but have always had
 trouble combating a blue cast
 that is hard to impossible to compensate for. I
 believe this is due to the
 LED light source.  Vuescan does a fairly good job
 correcting this, even with
 my old Kodachromes, but is more difficult to use
 than NS2.5.  Kodachromes are
 very dense and require a lot of work to correct.
 What I really like about
 the Nikon is the analog gain control, which enables
 me to capture almost
 invisable detail in dark areas and extreme
 highlights in separate scans when
 necessary, and then blend them in PS.  I'm not sure
 I could live without this
 feature, though I realize it really is a workaround
 for the LS 2000's limited
 dynamic range.

 My questions for those that have used these scanners
 are:

 1.  Does the Nikon 8000 still have the blue cast of
 the 2000 or have they
 licked this problem? How do old Kodachromes work
 out?

 2.  Without the analog gain control on the Minolta,
 I can't fiddle with the
 exposure. With it's greater dynamic range, do users
 find that they can
 extract all the useable shadow detail, and not blow
 out any highlight detail
 in a single scan with a transparency?

 Any advise would be most welcome.

 Tom Wells
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